- a folk dance in which the partners form two facing lines; country-dance
- music for this dance
Origin of contredanse
Fr, altered (infl. by contre, opposite) from country-dancecontredanse
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contredanse
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 this dance.
Origin of contredanse
French alteration ( influenced by contre- opposite ) of English country-danceTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
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