different between waltz vs redowa

English

Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: wôlts, IPA^(key): /w??lts/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: w?lts, IPA^(key): /w?lts/
• (cot–caught merger, father-bother merger) enPR: wälts, IPA^(key): /w?lts/

Noun

waltz (plural waltzes)

1. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
2. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
3. (informal) A simple task.

Derived terms

• cross-step waltz
• English waltz
• French waltz
• international standard waltz
• slow waltz
• Viennese waltz

Translations

Verb

waltz (third-person singular simple present waltzes, present participle waltzing, simple past and past participle waltzed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).

2. (intransitive, transitive, usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
3. (informal) To accomplish a task with little effort.

4. (transitive) To move with fanfare.
   • 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter the Last:

     And he said, what he had planned in his head from the start, if we got Jim out all safe, was for us to […] take him back up home on a steamboat, in style, and pay him for his lost time, and write word ahead and get out all the niggers around, and have them waltz him into town with a torchlight procession and a brass-band, and then he would be a hero, and so would we.

Translations

Related terms

• waltzer
• waltz Matilda

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?valt?s]

Noun

waltz m

1. waltz (dance)

Related terms

• val?ík

Further reading

• waltz in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• waltz in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

Via French from Czech rejdovák, from rej (“whirl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?v?/

Noun

redowa (plural redowas)

1. A dance of Czech origin with turning, leaping waltz steps.
   • 1875, William B. DeGarmo, The Dance of Society, page 94,

     The Redowa or Pas de Basque was originally adapted to Polka-Mazurka music, and, consequently, was danced much slower than it is at present, adapted as it is to waltz and galop music. Hence the name Polka-Redowa: — Polka step, Redowa time.

   • 1962, Sets in Order: The Magazine of Square Dancing, Volume 14, page 23,

     "The Varsouvienne," says one reference, "apparently originated in France about 1853, in imitation of the Polish Mazurka, Polka, and Redowa.

   • 1969, Frances Rust, Dance In Society, page 75,

     The redowa had some popularity in Paris about the year 1845 but in England it was more talked about than danced.

   • 1981, Manuel H. Peña, The emergence of Conjunto Music, 1935—1955, Richard Bauman, Roger D. Abrahams (editors), And Other Neighborly Names: Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore, page 285,

     Both Martínez and Jiménez recorded prolifically, usually dance music—the ubiquitous polka as well as such universal favorites as redowas and schottisches.

   • 1985, Betty Casey, Dance across Texas, unnumbered page,

     It was imperative also for the social-minded pioneers to learn the styling and to know how to do the different dance steps required during a five- or six-figure cotillion or lancers. The dance steps included the polka, waltz, mazurka, redowa (two-step), and minuet.

2. The music for this kind of dance, usually in quick triple time.

Anagrams

• woreda