Bransle

/ˈbrænsl/ noun

Definition

An alternate spelling or variant of branle; a Renaissance dance or the music for it.

Etymology

Variant spelling of 'branle,' showing the inconsistent spelling conventions of Renaissance English when borrowing French terms.

Kelly Says

Shakespeare's contemporaries spelled 'bransle' and 'branle' interchangeably—this inconsistency in early modern English shows how new words from other languages took time to standardize, with multiple spellings coexisting for decades.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ብራንስል
braan-sel
ARالعربية
ブランسل
buran-sel
BNবাংলা
ব্রান্সল
bran-sl
CACatalà
bransle
bran-sl
CSČeština
bransle
bran-sl
DADansk
bransle
bran-sl
DEDeutsch
Bransle
bran-sl
ELΕλληνικά
bransle
bran-sl
ESEspañol
bransle
bran-sleh
FAفارسی
برانسل
baran-sel
FISuomi
bransle
bran-sl
FRFrançais
bransle
bran-sl
GUGU
બ્રાન્સલ
braan-sl
HAHA
bransle
bran-sl
HEעברית
bransle
bran-sl
HIहिन्दी
ब्रांस्ल
bran-sl
HUMagyar
bransle
bran-sl
IDBahasa Indonesia
bransle
bran-sl
IGIG
bransle
bran-sl
ITItaliano
bransle
bran-sleh
JA日本語
ブランズル
buran-zuru
KKKK
брэнсл
bren-sl
KMKM
브랜슬
brean-sl
KO한국어
브랜슬
beureanseul
MRMR
ब्रांस्ल
bran-sl
MSBahasa Melayu
bransle
bran-sl
MYမြန်မာ
ဘရန်စလ
ba-ran-slah
NLNederlands
bransle
bran-sl
NONorsk
bransle
bran-sl
PAPA
ਬ੍ਰਾਂਸਲ
bran-sl
PLPolski
bransle
bran-sl
PTPortuguês
bransle
bran-sleh
RORomână
bransle
bran-sl
RUРусский
брансле
bran-sle
SVSvenska
bransle
bran-sl
SWKiswahili
bransle
bran-sl
TAதமிழ்
பிரான்ஸ்லே
praan-slay
TEతెలుగు
బ్రాన్స్లే
braan-slay
THไทย
bransle
bran-sl
TLTL
bransle
bran-sl
TRTürkçe
bransle
bran-sleh
UKУкраїнська
брансле
bran-sle
URاردو
برانسل
bran-sel
VITiếng Việt
bransle
bran-sl
YOYO
bransle
bran-sl
ZH中文
布兰斯勒
bù lán sī lè
ZUZU
bransle
bran-sl

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