Quadrille Definition

kwŏ-drĭl, kwə-, kə-
quadrilles
noun
A dance of French origin, similar to the cotillion but performed by sets of four couples.
Webster's New World
A kind of square dance evolved from this, in which four couples arranged in a square perform at least five figures.
Webster's New World
Music for either of these dances.
Webster's New World
A card game, popular in the 18th cent., played by four persons.
Webster's New World
Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
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adjective
Marked with intersecting lines to form squares or rectangles.
Webster's New World
verb
(intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
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Other Word Forms of Quadrille

Noun

Singular:
quadrille
Plural:
quadrilles

Origin of Quadrille

  • French from quadrille team, crew, one of four groups of horsemen from Spanish cuadrilla probably diminutive of cuadro square from Latin quadrum kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French, in sense of “group of knights", from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square") (compare also cuadra (“four")), from Latin quadra.

    From Wiktionary

  • French perhaps from Spanish cuartillo diminutive of cuarto fourth from Latin quārtus kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French quadrillé.

    From Wiktionary

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