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contredanse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tredanse
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quadrille.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

contredanses (plural)

Synonyms

country-dance country dancing contra danse contradance

Questions

What does contredanse mean?
A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
Where does contredanse come from?
It is traced to French.

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