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valse

/vɑls/

valse is the archaic form of waltz.

Meaning of waltz

Noun

waltz (plural waltzes)

  1. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
    • Miss Esler and Mr. McMorrow went to Kalgoorlie to adjudicate at the goldfields waltz and quickstep championships, and found the standard of dancing surprisingly high.1938 October 26, The Daily News, Perth, page 11, column 5
  2. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
  3. (informal) A simple task.

See all 11 meanings of waltz

Forms of valse

Noun
pluralvalses
Verb
third-person singular presentvalses
present participlevalsing
past participlevalsed
pastvalsed

Origin of valse

From French valse. Doublet of waltz.

Questions about valse

What is valse the archaic form of?
Valse is the archaic form of waltz.
How do you pronounce valse?
Valse is pronounced /vɑls/.

Words near valse in the dictionary

  1. Valsalvas
  2. Valsalvian
  3. Valsalvian experiment
  4. valsartan
  5. Valsavage
  6. valse
  7. Valsecchi
  8. Valsecchis
  9. valsed
  10. valses
  11. valsing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: valse (page history and authors); waltz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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