DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
beguine
/bɪ'ɡin/ · bɪɡin
Beguine has 2 syllables: be · guine.
be
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guine
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noun. A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba.
noun. Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance.
noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life.
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