contredanse
English
Etymology
French contredanse, itself from English country dance.
Noun
contredanse (countable and uncountable, plural contredanses)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English country-dance, with assimilation of first element to contre-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.dɑ̃s/
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Descendants
- → English: contra dance, → contredanse
- → Spanish: contradanza
Further reading
- “contredanse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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