danse
French, noun
danse is spelled D-A-N-S-E (5 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Danse is a French feminine noun meaning “dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of danser. With an accent, dansé is a different word: “past participle of danser”. With an accent, dansè is a different word: “presubject first-person singular present indicative”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement du corps exécuté en cadence, à pas mesurés, et au son d’instruments ou de la voix”.
What does danse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedance
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of danser
verb
- 1
presubject first-person singular present indicative
- 2
presubject first-person singular present subjunctive
verb
- 1
presubject first-person singular present indicative
- 2
presubject first-person singular present subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement du corps exécuté en cadence, à pas mesurés, et au son d’instruments ou de la voix. 2. Manière de danser. 3. Action de plusieurs personnes qui dansent. 4. Lieu où l’on danse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of danse
- danses plural
- dansée feminine
- dansés masculine plural
- dansées feminine plural
- dansè alternative
- dansé alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to danse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is danse in French?
danse appears 50 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).