Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gavotte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: gavotte
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.

verb

To perform this dance.

Example Sentences

"You had one eye in the mirror as / you watched yourself gavotte / And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner / They'd be your partner, and / You're so vain"
""Upbeat I can do." Karen paged through the options for a while, her pretty face tight, jaw clamped shut, then perked up at something she saw and jabbed the buttons like she wanted to speak to their manager. A bright, jangly guitar burst out of the wall speakers. George Harrison's voice announced that contrary to appearances, it was all right. Karen gavotted into the middle of the bar to dance, eyes closed in rapture."

Etymology

From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”, literally “glutton, boor”), from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, gavoto, Gavot, gava

Inflected Forms

gavottes (plural) gavottes (present, singular) gavotting (participle, present) gavotted (participle, past) gavotted (past)

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

What does gavotte mean?: A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
Where does gavotte come from?: It is traced to French.

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