beguine
Meaning of beguine
noun
a popular dance of Caribbean origin, similar to the foxtrot.
1930s: from West Indian French, from French béguin ‘infatuation’.
noun
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood in the Low Countries, not bound by vows.
late 15th century: Old French béguine, from the name of Lambert Bègue or le Bègue (‘the Stammerer’), a 12th-century priest who founded the order.
Information about beguine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of beguine is: beguines.
- Languages in which beguine is used:
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Hyphenation of beguine
be-guine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- beguine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
beguine synonyms
Meaning Beguine:
Words that rhyme with beguine
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