Pronunciation: ' kän-tr ə - ˌ dan(t)s
Variant: or con · tre · danse \ also k ō n -tr ə - ' dä n s \
Function: noun
Etymology: French contredanse, by folk etymology from English country-dance
Date: 1803
1 : a folk dance in which couples face each other in two lines or a square
2 : a piece of music for a contra dance