bayadère

See also: bayadere

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bayadère, from Portuguese bailadeira, from bailar (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /baɪəˈdɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

bayadère (plural bayadères)

  1. A Hindu dancing-girl.

Translations

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese balhadeira, archaic and dialectal form of modern bailadeira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ja.dɛʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

bayadère f (plural bayadères)

  1. bayadère, dancing-girl

Descendants

  • → English: bayadère
  • → Polish: bajadera
  • → Swedish: bajadär

Adjective

bayadère (plural bayadères)

  1. having colourful stripes

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.