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”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun
gavotte (plural gavottes)
- A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
Translations
French dance
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Verb
gavotte (third-person singular simple present gavottes, present participle gavotting, simple past and past participle gavotted)
- To perform this dance.
- 1972, Carly Simon, You're so Vain, Rhino/Elektra, published 2017, 0:36 from the start:
- You had one eye in the mirror as / you watched yourself gavotte / And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner / They'd be your partner, and / You're so vain
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “gavotte”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.vɔt/
Audio (file)
Noun
gavotte f (plural gavottes)
- gavotte
Further reading
- “gavotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
gavotte f
- plural of gavotta
Anagrams
- gettavo