czardas
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9.9
A Hungarian dance and music that starts slow and ends fast
- noun
- /ˈtʃɑrdəs/
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czardas
- The orchestra performed a lively czardas that captivated the audience.
Examples
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During the festival, we enjoyed traditional folk performances, including a beautiful czardas dance.
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Czardas!
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Vittorio Monti, "Czardas" (Arnold Jacobs, tuba)
Academic text (2005) -
She learned to dance the czardas in her Hungarian cultural class, mastering both its slow and fast tempos.
Synonyms
csardas
vsczardas
9.9
A traditional Hungarian dance with a slow introduction and a fast lively section
has identical meaning but differs by spelling of the initial consonant
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Czardas comes from the Hungarian csárdás, which comes from csárda meaning 'inn' or 'tavern'. It was a dance people did in inns, often starting slow and ending very fast, so today's czardas music still moves from quiet to lively.