"contredanse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contredanses [plural]
Etymology: French contredanse, itself from English country dance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|contredanse}} French contredanse, {{der|en|en|country dance}} English country dance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contredanse (countable and uncountable, plural contredanses)
  1. A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contredanse-en-noun-EahHhmPf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 4 3 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 71 23 6
  2. The quadrille. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-contredanse-en-noun-Q14dNcLn Disambiguation of Dances: 25 54 21
  3. A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contredanse-en-noun-pyRlWR8F

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for contredanse meaning in English (1.9kB)

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