majorette

English

A group of majorettes.

Etymology

major +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Hyphenation: ma‧jor‧ette

Noun

majorette (plural majorettes)

A dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.

Descendants

→ Cebuano: mardyoret
- → English: marjoret

Translations

dancer

Arabic: رَاقِصَة f (rāqiṣa)
Czech: mažoretka (cs) f
French: majorette (fr) f
German: Tanzmariechen (de) n, Gardetänzerin f
Hungarian: mazsorett (hu)
Macedonian: мажоре́тка f (mažorétka)
Polish: mażoretka (pl) f
Spanish: bastonera f, cachiporrista m or f, palillona f, batonista f

See also

Further reading

Category:Majorettes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

majorette f (plural majorettes)

majorette

Further reading

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

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