biguine

See also: biguiné

English

Noun

biguine (countable and uncountable, plural biguines)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century, combining the traditional bélé music with the polka.
   • 2007 August 2, Jon Pareles, “A Wide Range of Sounds, From Antillean to Zouk”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The band had three contrasting lead singers: Mr. Desvarieux, who was gruff and smoky; Mr. Marthely, a buoyant tenor; and Ms. Beroard, whose voice can be bright and poppy or sweetly affectionate. Mr. Naimro’s keyboards could sound like zinging dance-club synthesizers, an accordion, a steel drum or the clarinet used in old Martinican biguine music. Mr. Desvarieux’s guitar sometimes hinted at blues-rock or the intertwining lines of African rock before slipping back into the rhythm section.

2. (countable) A musical composition in this style.
3. (countable) A dance performed to this music.

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: biguinent, biguines

Noun

biguine f (plural biguines)

1. biguine

Verb

biguine

1. inflection of biguiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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