Meaning of "dalliance" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DALLIANCE

dalliance  [ˈdælɪəns]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DALLIANCE

Dalliance is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DALLIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dalliance

Dalliance is a play by Tom Stoppard, based on Arthur Schnitzler's play Liebelei. Dalliance was first performed at the Lyttelton Theatre, London, on May 27, 1986.

Definition of dalliance in the English dictionary

The definition of dalliance in the dictionary is waste of time in frivolous action or in dawdling.

SYNONYMS OF «DALLIANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dalliance» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dalliance

coquetry · dabbling · flirtation · playing · trifling

TRANSLATION OF DALLIANCE

Find out the translation of dalliance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dalliance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dalliance» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 调戏
• Translator English - Spanish: coqueteo
• English: dalliance
• Translator English - Hindi: क्रीड़ा
• Translator English - Arabic: مداعبة
• Translator English - Russian: флирт
• Translator English - Portuguese: dalliance
• Translator English - Bengali: অবলীলা
• Translator English - French: badinage
• Translator English - Malay: Dalliance
• Translator English - German: Tändelei
• Translator English - Japanese: いちゃつき
• Translator English - Korean: 희롱
• Translator English - Javanese: Dalliance
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chim gái
• Translator English - Tamil: களியாட்டத்தில்
• Translator English - Marathi: उत्सव
• Translator English - Turkish: oyalanma
• Translator English - Italian: dalliance
• Translator English - Polish: igraszki
• Translator English - Ukrainian: флірт
• Translator English - Romanian: flirt
• Translator English - Greek: χαριεντισμό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gedartel
• Translator English - Swedish: lek
• Translator English - Norwegian: dalliance

QUOTES WITH «DALLIANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dalliance.

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Saffron Burrows

For a woman to say she has had a dalliance with another woman is quite trendy these days. I do not like trendiness. Life isn't about dalliances - it's about individuals. You come across people in your life that you find very interesting. It's not about something flighty.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DALLIANCE»

Discover the use of dalliance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dalliance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dalliance: A Novel

'Dalliance' transports the reader into the material culture of America's mid 19th century upper-crust society.

Diana Burg, 2008

A Gentlewoman's Dalliance (for fans of Fifty Shades by E. L. ...

Part of Portia Da Costa's Ladies' Sewing Circle series.

Portia Da Costa, 2012

Tom Stoppard Plays 4: Dalliance; Undiscovered Country; Rough ...

This fourth volume of Tom Stoppard's work for the stage brings together five of his most celebrated translations and adaptations of plays by Arthur Schnitzler (Dalliance and Undiscovered Country), Ferenc Molnar (Rough Crossing), Johann ...

Tom Stoppard, 2013

Dangerous Dalliance

Determined to find out who killed her father, Heather Hume begins to spy on Snoad, the dark, enigmatic, and unnerving man who was her late father's assistant. Original.

Joan Smith, 1992

A Dangerous Dalliance

Caught in a web of treachery after he inherits a large English estate, Lord Tenant falls in love with Miss Hannah Alexander, the art teacher and guardian of the girl he is supposed to court, and together they are plunged into a world of ...

Regina Scott, 2000

Sweet Dalliance

Books by Lisa Bingham Silken Dreams Eden Creek Distant Thunder Temptation's Kiss The Bengal Rubies Silken Promises Sweet Dalliance Published by POCKET BOOKS For orders other than by individual consumers, Pocket Books grants a ...

Lisa Bingham, 2010

A dalliance with the damned

Follows Lucifer Morningstar, the former Lord of Hell, as he faces challenges from forces in both heaven and hell.

Mike Carey, 2002

Dalliance & Scorn: Poems

'Alan Gould is not noted for being a poet of light verse, but with this volume he has achieved what brewers of light beer aim for: strength without the hangover.' - Australian Book Review. 'Gould's virtuosity is a sheer joy.' - Quadrant

Alan Gould, 1999

A Gentlewoman's Dalliance

Part of Portia Da Costa's Ladies' Sewing Circle series.

Portia Da Costa, 2012

The Primrose Path of Dalliance: A Story of the Stage...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Andrew Carpenter Wheeler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DALLIANCE»

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Gloomsday reckoning: Penny Dreadful's bloody, great season-two …

There was some awkwardness; Dorian Gray again had no real connection to the main storyline. His dalliance with doomed fellow outsider ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Big Brother's Harry gives Nick marching orders after they crack …

The tension between the pair was palpable all day, with Harry finally appearing to end her dalliance with the Hertfordshire lad, telling him: ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Brisbane news, politics, business, entertainment: Top insiders reveal …

Their dalliance is well known in some legal and political circles. One of them had their push for a promotional transfer cruelled when their ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»

Canada's NDP defends leader's talks on joining Harper government

Karl Belanger, Mulcair's press secretary, tried to turn the NDP leader's dalliance with Harper and the Conservatives into a positive sign. “It is no ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»

Who is TOWIE's new girl Verity Chapman? Everything to need to …

But when the pair bumped into each other at a local shopping centre, it wasn't Verity's dalliance with Pete that was on Jess's mind – it was ... «NOW Magazine, Jul 15»

Opinion: Brookline's taxi industry belt-tightening and right-sizing

A salutary lesson of Brookline's prolonged dalliance with taxi medallions: Even the PROMISE of medallions distorts the market. «Wicked Local Brookline, Jul 15»

GOLDEN: Christie using media as whipping boy

Former President Bill Clinton blamed the media for its obsession with his Oval Office dalliance with Monica Lewinsky and Richard Nixon's war ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Scott Disick Pictured With Drugs, Alcohol, And Another Brunette …

Now, a new pic has surfaced from June 14 — well before Disick's dalliance with Bartoli — that shows Scott sitting with a different brunette in a ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»

Tour de France 2015, stage four: as it happened

From my, albeit brief, dalliance with the pavé I've learned one thing. That they're realy, really painful. Despite suffering on the cobbles, there ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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Analysts had an eye on its general merchandise like-for-like sales in its first-quarter trading statement – but after a brief dalliance with growth, ... «Investors Chronicle, Jul 15»