gavotte

English

Etymology

French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”), literally "glutton, boor," from gaver (“force feed.”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

gavotte (plural gavottes)

  1. A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.

Translations

Verb

gavotte (third-person singular simple present gavottes, present participle gavotting, simple past and past participle gavotted)

  1. To perform this dance.

Italian

Noun

gavotte f

  1. plural of gavotta
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