GAVOTTE


Meaning of GAVOTTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gə-ˈvät ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan gavato, from gavot Alpine dweller

Date: 1696

1. : a dance of French peasant origin marked by the raising rather than sliding of the feet

2. : a tune for the gavotte in moderately quick 4/4 time

• gavotte intransitive verb

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