contredanse

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscountry-dancecountry dancingcontra dansecontradance

   Broaderfolk dancing

   Narrowerlongwayssquare dancedo-si-dopromenadesashayswinglandler

1. 1.

   perform a contradance

   Synonymscontradancecountry-dancecontra danse

   Broaderdance

Other forms of contredanse

plural

contredanses·

past tense

contredansed·

present participle

contredansing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contredanse

What does contredanse mean?

contredanse 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.

How many syllables are in contredanse?

contredanse has 3 syllables: con-tre-danse. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for contredanse?

Close synonyms include country-dance, country dancing, contra danse, 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 contredanse a common word?

contredanse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.