mazurka

See also: Mazurka

English

Etymology

Via German and Russian мазу́рка (mazúrka), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian”), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈzʊə(ɹ)kə/, /məˈzɜː(ɹ)kə/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə

Noun

mazurka (plural mazurkas)

  1. (music) A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
  2. (music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.
  3. (figure skating) A figure skating move that combines elements of the toe loop and bunny-hop.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Polish mazurek.

Noun

mazurka f

  1. mazurka (Polish dance)

Declension
Declension of mazurka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative mazurka mazurky
genitive mazurky mazurek
dative mazurce mazurkám
accusative mazurku mazurky
vocative mazurko mazurky
locative mazurce mazurkách
instrumental mazurkou mazurkami

Further reading
  • mazurka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mazurka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.zyʁ.ka/

Noun

mazurka f (plural mazurkas)

  1. mazurka
    Synonym: mazurque

Further reading
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