Word: beguine
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: Beg
uine
Definition: A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
Morphemes:
Affix: beguine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: béguine
Language: fr
Decoded: beguine
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Beguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order)