danse macabre
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
danse macabre
- (arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.
- French: danse macabre
- German: Totentanz
- Italian: danza macabra
- Portuguese: dança macabra, dança da morte
- Russian: пля́ска сме́рти
- Spanish: danza de la muerte
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