thé dansant

American  

[tay dahn-sahn] / teɪ dɑ̃ˈsɑ̃ /

noun

French.

• thés dansants
  plural

1. a tea dance.

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thé dansant British  

/ te dɑ̃sɑ̃ /

noun

1. a dance held while afternoon tea is served, popular in the 1920s and 1930s

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• thés dansants
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of thé dansant

literally: dancing tea

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

thé dansant

There were dresses for a thé dansant, dainty and frosted, in a macaron palette.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016

Of course," he admitted, "we are not at a thé dansant or a cabaret.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller

Another beautiful brand new day to play with, a day full of delightful, adventurous surprises--a débutante's luncheon, a matinée, a thé dansant, a dinner, too.

From Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford

She opened it with a thé dansant, at which she discoursed on the art of dress.

From The Nest Builder by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

On his return, he passed a florist’s, and, remembering that Frances was going that afternoon to a thé dansant, did the decent thing and sent up a dozen roses, which cost him five dollars.

From The Wall Street Girl by George Ellis Wolfe

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