schottische
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schottische
- /ʃɒˈtiːʃ/ UK
- /ʃəˈtiːʃ/ UK
- /ˈʃɑdɪʃ/ US
Where it comes from
From German schottische (“Scottish”), as in der schottische Tanz (“the Scottish dance”). First attested in 1849. Doublet of Scottish, Scotch, and Scots.
The Oxford English Dictionary comments that the “quasi-French pronunciation […] has no justification”.
noun schottisches · schottish · schottisch · Schottische
- A partnered country dance resembling a slow polka, probably of German origin, first introduced in England in 1848. The aim of whose existence appears to be that of rattling through the polka or schottische with the velocity of a spinning jenny.
- Music for the schottische.
verb schottisches · schottisching · schottisched · schottish · schottisch
- To dance a schottische. I could only schottische a little.
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noun a kind of dance
| Français | scottish |
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title = {schottische},
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