Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

DANSE MACABRE

Danse macabre: translation

An allegory expressed in literary and visual representations showing death taking the high- and the low-born in procession towards the grave. The idea was probably given impetus by the *Black Death of 1348.

  1. danse macabre—Danse macabre bersetzung Danse macabrestrong auch emDanse macabrestrong [duus makauubr] m. s s [duus makauubr] Totentanzem [ampLTfrz. danseem Tanz macabreem makaberem...Universal-Lexicon
  2. danse macabre—фр. m plem s sпляска смерти...Большой немецко-русский и русско-немецкий словарь
  3. danse macabre—пляска смерти пляска мертвецов...Французско-русский фразеологический словарь