czardas

American  

[chahr-dahsh] / ˈtʃɑr dɑʃ /

Or csardas

noun

1. a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.

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czardas British  

/ ˈtʃɑːdæʃ /

noun

1. a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections

2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

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Etymology

Origin of czardas

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hungarian csárdás, equivalent to csárda “wayside tavern” (from Serbo-Croatian čȁrdāk originally, “watchtower,” from Turkish çardak “bower, booth, pergola,” from Persian chārtāk “four-cornered room”; čār “four” + tāk “vault”) + -s adjective suffix; earlier csárdák was analyzed as csárda + -k plural suffix

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Example Sentences

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czardas

Orchester Prazevica The music of Slovak guitarist Tomas Drgon’s string combo mixes Eastern European czardas, Gypsy swing and jazz.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2016

The last-act wedding of Raymonda and Jean honors his uncle, King Andrew of Hungary, with Hungarian national dances and classical variations on the theme of the Hungarian czardas.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2016

Bebe Neuwirth was a classy host in a sparkling jeweled choker who wittily commented on her script, ad-libbed and did a snatch of the czardas from “Coppélia” in her Manolos.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2011

Audiences may be pardoned for anticipating a czardas instead of a square dance in the closing pageant, but otherwise Actress Bergner's linguistic eccentricities actually serve a useful purpose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Familiar as it is to us, it is yet as foreign a music as any Tyrolean jodel or Hungarian czardas.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Rupert Hughes

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