contra danse

1. 1.

   a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

   Synonymscountry-dancecountry dancingcontredansecontradance

   Broaderfolk dancing

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1. 1.

   perform a contradance

   Synonymscontradancecountry-dancecontredanse

   Broaderdance

Questions about contra danse

What does contra danse mean?

contra danse means "a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for contra danse?

Close synonyms include country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance, contradance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contra danse a common word?

contra danse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.