Definition of polonaises Polonaises
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What does polonaises mean?
Wiktionary 
- polonaises (Noun)
Plural of polonaise.
Part of speech
🔤- polonaises, noun, plural of polonaise.
WordNet
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| polonaise - a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt |
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- polonaise (a.)
Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. - polonaise (n.)
The Polish language. - polonaise (n.)
An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece. - polonaise (n.)
A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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polonaise
pō-lō-nāz′, n. a light kind of gown looped up at the sides to show an ornamented petticoat: a short overcoat bordered with fur: a Polish national dance of slow movement in ¾ time, during which the dancers march or promenade: music for such a dance. [Fr., 'Polish.']
Wikipedia 
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The polonaise is a Polish dance. It started as a folk dance and then became popular among the Polish nobility. It is in 3/4 time and feels quite important in character. In the courts of the aristocracy musicians would often play a polonaise from the gallery while the people danced below in the reception hall.
Polish culture was very popular in Europe in the 1830s and so the polonaise became known in other countries. composers started to write polonaises for the piano. Pieces called "Polonaise" had already been composed by Bach, Handel, François Couperin and others, but it was Frédéric Chopin who in the 19th century wrote several Polonaise for piano which became really famous. Most of them are very hard to play, especially the famous "Polonaise in A flat op.53". They really sound very Polish.
Several Russian composers wrote polonaises to give a Polish atmosphere, e.g. Tchaikovsky in his ballet "Sleeping Beauty " and in his opera "Eugene Onegin ".
Part of speech
🔤- polonaise, noun, singular of polonaises.
