Definitions for gavottegəˈvɒt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ga•vottegəˈvɒt(n.)
an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
Category: Music and Dance
a piece of instumental music in the rhythm of the gavotte.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of gavotte:
1690–1700; < F < Oc gavoto a mountaineer of Provence
Princeton's WordNet
gavotte(noun)
an old formal French dance in quadruple time
gavotte(noun)
music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
Wiktionary
gavotte(Noun)
A French dance, either in 4/4 or 2/2 time.
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