/far"euhn dohl'/ ; Fr. /fann rddahonn dawl"/ , n. , pl. farandoles /-dohlz'/ ; Fr. /-dawl"/ .
1. a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
2. the music for this dance.
[ 1860-65; farandoulo, perh. a conflation of b ( a ) randello with same sense, deriv. of brandà to move, rock ( flandrinà to dawdle, ult. deriv. of Flandres FLANDERS ]