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contredanse

(kän′trə dans′)

noun

a folk dance in which the partners form two facing lines; country-dance
music for this dance

Origin: Fr, altered (infl. by contre, opposite) < country-dance

See contredanse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also con·tre·dance or con·tra·dance or con·tra·danse

noun

A folk dance performed in two lines with the partners facing each other.
The music for a contredanse.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , alteration (influenced by French contre-, opposite, and from Latin contrā-, contra-)

Origin: of English country-dance

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