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4-letter words (4 found)

ANDS,DANS,NADS,SAND,

3-letter words (8 found)

ADS,AND,ANS,DAN,DAS,NAS,SAD,SAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AN,AS,DA,NA,

You can make 17 words from dans according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dans

dans adns dnas ndas ands nads dasn adsn dsan sdan asdn sadn dnsa ndsa dsna sdna nsda snda ansd nasd asnd sand nsad snad

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Definitions and meaning of dans

dans

Noun

dans

  1. plural of dan

Anagrams

  • ANDs, DNAs, NADS, NDAs, and's, ands, nads, sand

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dans.

Pronunciation

Noun

dans (plural danse)

  1. dance

Verb

dans (present dans, present participle dans, past participle gedans)

  1. to dance

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [dans]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [dænz]

Noun

dans m (plural dens)

  1. tooth

References

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 31

Danish

Alternative forms

  • dands (obsolete)

Etymology

From French danse.

Noun

dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)

  1. a dance

Inflection

Derived terms

  • danser
  • danserinde

Further reading

  • “dans” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑns/
  • Hyphenation: dans
  • Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.

Noun

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

  1. dance
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: dans
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi
  • Negerhollands: dans

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dans

  1. inflection of dansen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Faroese

Noun

dans m

  1. accusative/genitive singular of dansur

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin dē intus, from Latin dē + intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃/, (before a vowel) /dɑ̃.z‿/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃
  • Homophones: dam, dams, dent, dents

Preposition

dans

  1. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
    vieillir dans la misère ― to grow old in poverty
    être dans l’infanterie ― to be in the infantry
    avoir quelque chose dans la bouche ― to have something in the mouth
    dans les circonstances d’une pandémie ― under the circumstances of a pandemic
    Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. ― He lives in the richest district of Paris.
    Il nage comme un poisson dans l’eau. ― He swims like a fish in the water.
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) in, into (from outside, to inside)
    mettre l’argent dans la poche ― to put money into one's pocket
  3. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
  4. in, within (a longer period of time)
    Je serai prêt dans une heure. ― I'll be ready in one hour.
    Il arrivera dans trois jours. ― He will arrive in three days.
  5. (with respect to time) during
    dans un temps donné ― during a given time
    dans ma jeunesse ― in my youth
  6. out of, from
    boire dans une tasse ― to drink from a cup
    Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. ― He takes the butter out of the fridge.
  7. (metonymically) in; in the works of
    le marxisme dans Sartre ― Marxism in the works of Sartre
  8. (colloquial) Used in dans les (“about, around”)
    dans les trentes kilos ― about thirty kilos
    dans les dix euros ― about ten euros
Usage notes

For certain large subdivisions, particularly masculine US states, dans l' or dans le may be used to show direction towards a certain place instead of en or au.

See also

  • dedans
  • en

Etymology 2

See dan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/

Noun

dans m

  1. plural of dan

References

Further reading

  • “dans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French danse (“dance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dãs/

Noun

dans

  1. dance

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tans/

Noun

dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)

  1. dance

Declension

Related terms

  • dansa

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dans/, [d̪ä̃ːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dans/, [d̪äns]

Participle

dāns (genitive dantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. giving
  2. offering, rendering
  3. yielding, conceding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Norman

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dē intus (“from inside, from within”). Cognate with French dans.

Preposition

dans

  1. (Guernsey, Jersey) in

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural danser, definite plural dansene)

  1. a dance
  2. dancing
Derived terms
  • dansegulv, dansegolv
  • folkedans
  • magedans
Related terms
  • danse
  • danser
  • danserinne

Etymology 2

Verb

dans

  1. imperative of danse

References

  • “dans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑns/

Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural dansar, definite plural dansane)

  1. a dance

Derived terms

  • dansegolv
  • folkedans

Related terms

  • dansar

Verb

dans

  1. imperative of dansa

Further reading

  • “dans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French danse.

Noun

dans n (plural dansuri)

  1. dance

Declension

Alternative forms

  • danț

Related terms

  • dansa

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dans c

  1. dance (dancing)
  2. a dance (type of dance)
  3. a dance (social gathering with dancing)

Declension

Related terms

  • dansa
  • dansare
  • dansös

Noun

dans

  1. (colloquial) definite genitive singular of dag

References

  • dans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • dans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • dans in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

  • ands, sand

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دانس (dans), from French danse. First attested in 1869.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑns/

Noun

dans (definite accusative dansı, plural danslar)

  1. dance (movements to music)

Declension


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