contredanse

Speech parts

1. contredanse - Noun

2. contredanse - Verb

Meaning

a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

perform a contradance

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

contradance country dancing country-dance contra danse quadrille jig folk dance square dance hoedown barn dance contra dance

Hypernyms

dance folk dance folk dancing trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

Hyponyms

swing promenade landler longways square dance square dancing

Examples

According to Jean Fouchard, mereng evolved from the fusion of slave music genres (such as the chica and calenda) with ballroom forms related to the French-Haitian contredanse ( kontradans in creole ). Source: Internet

Lorin's contradanse choreography, one of the earliest western dance notations The country dance was introduced to the court of Louis XIV of France, where it became known as contredanse, and later to Germany and Italy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contrecoup contrectation contredance contree contrefort Contrera