GAVOTTE Meaning of GAVOTTE in English [ gə'vɒt ]■ noun a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century.OriginFr., from Provençal gavoto 'dance of the mountain people', from Gavot 'a native of the Alps'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004