arabesque

ar·a·besque  (r-bsk)

n.

1. A ballet position in which the dancer bends forward while standing on one straight leg with the arm extended forward and the other arm and leg extended backward.

2. A complex, ornate design of intertwined floral, foliate, and geometric figures.

3. Music An ornate, whimsical composition especially for piano.

4. An intricate or elaborate pattern or design: "the fluctuating shapes of a cloudscape, the complex arabesque of a camera movement, the blink of a character's eye" (Nigel Andrews).

adj.

In the fashion of or formed as an arabesque.

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[French, from Italian arabesco, in Arabian fashion, from Arabo, an Arab, from Latin Arabus, from Arabs; see Arab.]

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arabesque [ˌærəˈbɛsk]

n

1. (Performing Arts / Ballet) Ballet a classical position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and both arms stretched out in one of several conventional poses

2. (Music / Classical Music) Music a piece or movement with a highly ornamented or decorated melody

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Arts

a.  a type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc., with intricate intertwining leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs

b.  a design of flowing lines

adj

(Performing Arts / Ballet) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Music / Classical Music) designating, of, or decorated in this style

[from French, from Italian arabesco in the Arabic style]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	arabesque - position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose ballet position - classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet
	2.	arabesque - an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify

Translations

arabesque [ˌærəˈbesk] N (Ballet etc) → arabesco m

arabesque

n → Arabeske f

arabesque [ˌærəˈbɛsk] n → arabesco