gigue

Meaning

1. (feminine) string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50)
2. (feminine) lively and gay dance originary from the British Isles, gigue, jig
3. (feminine) musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue
4. (feminine, informal) long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century)
5. (colloquial, feminine) disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century)
6. (feminine) a small boat, gig
7. (feminine) jitter

Concepts

jig

jitter

gigue

gig

Translations

Rehkeule

giga

ειδος ζωηρού χορού

Bein

gigue

jiga

giga

Gigue

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒiɡ/

Etymology

From Old French gige, gigue (“a fiddle, kind of dance”), from Frankish *gīge (“dance, fiddle”), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). More at gig, geg, jig.