different between bagpipes vs conga

English

Alternative forms

• bagpipe

Etymology

From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag +? pipes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?.p??ps/

Noun

bagpipes pl (normally plural, singular bagpipe)

1. A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

   Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.

Synonyms

• (musical wind instrument): bagpipe, pipes; the pipes (usually Scottish)

Meronyms

• (musical wind instrument): mouthpiece, neck, chanter, chanter reed, chanter reed protector, bass drone, tenor drone

Derived terms

• bagpiper

Translations

References

• 1999. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Fintan Vallely. Pg. 14.

See also

• bota bag
• musette

English

Etymology

For the dance:

• Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being assumedly of sub-Saharan African origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k????/
• (US) enPR: käng?g?, IPA^(key): /?k????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conga (plural congas)

1. (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
2. (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]

Derived terms

• conga line

Translations

Verb

conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)

1. To dance the conga.

See also

• bunny hop

Further reading

• conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cogan

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.?a?/
• Hyphenation: con?ga

Noun

conga f (plural conga's)

1. (music) A conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs).
2. (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style).

French

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

Further reading

• “conga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cogna

Romanian

Etymology

From French conga.

Noun

conga f (uncountable)

1. conga (drum)
2. conga (dance)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kon?a/, [?kõ?.?a]

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)