danse macabre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French danse macabre.

Noun

danse macabre (plural danses macabres)

(art) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.

Synonyms

dance of death

Translations

a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing

Breton: dañs bekabe
Catalan: dansa de la mort
Dutch: dodendans
Estonian: surmatants
Finnish: kuolemantanssi
French: danse macabre (fr)
German: Totentanz (de)
Hungarian: haláltánc (hu)
Icelandic: dauðadans
Italian: danza macabra
Japanese: 死の舞踏 (しのぶとう, shinobutō)

Korean: 죽음의 무도 (jugeumui mudo)
Latin: chorea macchabæorum
Norwegian Bokmål: dødsdans
Occitan: dança macabra
Polish: taniec śmierci (pl)
Portuguese: dança macabra, dança da morte
Russian: пля́ска сме́рти (pljáska smérti)
Slovene: mrtvaški ples
Spanish: danza de la muerte
Swedish: dödsdans
Turkish: iskeletlerin dansı

French

Noun

danse macabre f (plural danse macabres)

(art) danse macabre

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