contredanse
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.
Noun
[edit]contredanse (countable and uncountable, plural contredanses)
- A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
- The quadrille.
- A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English country-dance, with assimilation of first element to contre-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contredanse f (plural contredanses)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: contra dance, → contredanse
- → Spanish: contradanza
Further reading
[edit]- “contredanse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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