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Definitions for minuet
ˌmɪn yuˈɛtmin·uet
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Princeton's WordNet
minuetnoun
a stately court dance in the 17th century
minuetnoun
a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
Wiktionary
minuetnoun
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
minuetnoun
A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
minuetnoun
A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
minuetnoun
A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.
Etymology: From menuet, from menu + -et#French, from minutus
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Minuetnoun
A stately regular dance.
Etymology: menuet, French.
The tender creature could not see his fate,
With whom she’d danc’d a minuet so late. George Stepney.John Trot has the assurance to set up for a minuet dancer. Spectator, №. 308.
Wikipedia
Minuet
A minuet (; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 34 time. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet. The term also describes the musical form that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer musical form called the minuet and trio, and was much used as a movement in the early classical symphony.
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minuet
A minuet is a social dance of French origin that became very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries during the Baroque period. It is typically performed in triple meter and is usually quite elegant and formal. The term “minuet” can also refer to a piece of music that is intended to accompany this dance, which is often included as a movement in a sonata, symphony, or suite.
Webster Dictionary
Minuetnoun
a slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance
Minuetnoun
a tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure
Etymology: [F., fr. menu small, L. minutus small. So called on account of the short steps of the dance. See 4th Minute.]
Wikidata
Minuet
A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular group dances called branle à mener or amener. The term also describes the musical form which accompanied the dance, and subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer structure called the minuet and trio.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Minuet
min′ū-et, n. a slow, graceful dance in triple measure, invented in Poitou about the middle of the 17th century: the music for such a dance. [Fr. menuet—menu, small—L. minutus, small.]
Etymology and Origins
Minuet
So called from the Latin minutus, small, on account of the short, graceful steps which distinguish this dance.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of minuet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of minuet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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