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chaconne

/ʃəˈkɒn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
cha-conne
IPA
/ʃəˈkɒn/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slow, stately Baroque dance.

noun

The music for such a dance, often containing variations on a theme.

Etymology

From French chaconne, from Spanish chacona, likely from Basque txukun (“pretty”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chaconnes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce chaconne?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃəˈkɒn/.
What does chaconne mean?
A slow, stately Baroque dance.
Where does chaconne come from?
It is traced to French.

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