CONTRA DANCE


Meaning of CONTRA DANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-trə-ˌdan(t)s ]

noun

or con·tre·danse also kōⁿ-trə-ˈdäⁿs

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.