minuet

1. A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
2. The music for or in the rhythm of the minuet.
3. A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.

Origin:

Origin: French menuet

Origin: , from Old French, small, dainty (from the small steps characteristic of the dance)

Origin: , diminutive of menu, small

Origin: , from Latin minūtus; see minute²