What's the difference between polonaise and polonese?

Polonaise


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
  • (n.) The Polish language.
  • (n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.
  • (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For instance Alive appealed to young men who liked true adventure stories, but my next book, Polonaise , was a novel about a sexually perverted Polish intellectual.
  • (2) His novels Polonaise and The Free Frenchman were also set in the context of the second world war.

Polonese


Definition:

  • (a. & n.) See Polonaise.

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