bolero en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- bə-
- /bəʉ̯ˈleː.ɹəʉ̯/ (Australia)
- /bəʊ̯ˈlɛː.ɹəʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /boʊ̯ˈlɛɹ.oʊ̯/ (Canada)
- bō-lâr′ō
- (US) audio
- /boˈleɾ.o/ (Scotland)
- /bʌ-/ (Scotland)
- /bə-/ (Canada)
- /boʊ̯ˈleɹ.oʊ̯/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /bə-/ (General-American)
- /bə-/
- /bɐʉ̯ˈliə̯.ɹɐʉ̯/ (New-Zealand) cheer–chair merger
- /bə-/ (Australia)
- /bəʊ̯ˈleə̯.ɹəʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation) older
- /bə-/ (New-Zealand)
- /bəʊ̯ˈlɛə̯.ɹəʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bə-/ (Scotland)
- /boʊ̯ˈlɛɹ.oʊ̯/ (General-American) Mary–marry–merry merger
- /bɐʉ̯ˈleə̯.ɹɐʉ̯/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /bəʊ̯ˈlɛə̯.ɹəʊ̯/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullader. Spanish bola Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Spanish -ero Spanish bolerobor. English bolero Borrowed from Spanish bolero, from bola + -ero. First attested in 1787 (noun). First attested in 1834 (verb).
Meanings
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A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement!
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 335:
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A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.
It must have been a balm to have [Naomi] Wolf come along at the dawn of a new decade and wear the badge as if it were a chic bolero jacket, as was the style back then.
2023, Naomi Klein, “Diagonal Lines”, in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.
2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 175:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boleros | Number=Plur | lexicographic |