Join free

beguine

English · Português

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

beguine¹

  • /beɪˈɡiːn/ UK
  • /bəˈɡiːn/ US

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From American French béguine, from French béguin.

noun beguines

  1. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance. When they begin the beguine, / It brings back the sound of music so tender / It brings back the night of tropical splendor, / It brings back a memory ever green.

Beguine²

  • /beɪˈɡiːn/

Where it comes from

From Old French béguine.

noun Beguines

  1. historical A member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order active in Northern Europe, particularly in the Low Countries in the 13th–16th centuries.

Translations

Every language

noun ballroom dance

Españolbeguine
中文比根 bǐgēn, 比根舞 bǐgēnwǔ
Françaisbeguine
DeutschBeguine
Italianobeguine
Русскийбеги́н begín

noun music

Españolbeguine
中文比跟音樂, 比跟音乐 bǐgēn yīnyuè
Françaisbeguine

noun Translations

Españolbeguino, beguina
Françaisbéguin, béguine
DeutschBegine, Beguine
Italianobeghino, beghina

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"beguine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beguine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

beguine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beguine

Chicago

"beguine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beguine.

BibTeX
@misc{beguine_2026,
  title = {beguine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beguine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}