different between dancehall vs calypso
dancehall
English
Alternative forms
- dance hall, dance-hall
Etymology
dance +? hall
Noun
dancehall (countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls)
- (countable) A public hall for dancing.
- (uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (dansuh?ru)
Translations
Anagrams
- challaned
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calypso
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ku?l?p?s?, IPA(key): /k??l?p.s??/
- (US) enPR: k?l?p?s?, IPA(key): /k??l?p.so?/
- Rhymes: -?ps??
Etymology 1
Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.
Noun
calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)
- A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.
- 1959, V. S. Naipaul, “B. Wordsworth”, in Miguel Street:
- 'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day.
- He said, 'You mean how I get money?'
When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way.
He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.'
'And that last you the rest of the year?'
'It is enough.'
- He said, 'You mean how I get money?'
- 'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day.
- 1959, V. S. Naipaul, “B. Wordsworth”, in Miguel Street:
Derived terms
- calypsonian
- calypso-like
- gospelypso
- soca
Translations
Verb
calypso (third-person singular simple present calypsos, present participle calypsoing, simple past and past participle calypsoed)
- (intransitive) To perform calypso.
Further reading
- Calypso music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek ?????? (Kalups?, “name of a sea nymph”)
Wikispecies
Noun
calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)
- A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
- A light blue color. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Further reading
- Calypso (orchid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- cosplay
French
Noun
calypso m (plural calypsos)
- calypso
Swedish
Noun
calypso c
- calypso; a type of music or dance
Declension
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