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pas de quatre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
pas de qua-tre
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dance performed by four dancers.

Etymology

Borrowed from French pas de quatre (literally “step of four”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pas-de-quatre (alternative)

Questions

What does pas de quatre mean?
A dance performed by four dancers.
Where does pas de quatre come from?
It is traced to French.

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