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contredanse

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From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.

noun contredanses

  1. countable, uncountable A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
  2. countable, uncountable The quadrille.
  3. countable, uncountable A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.

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"contredanse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/contredanse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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contredanse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/contredanse

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"contredanse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/contredanse.

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@misc{contredanse_2026,
  title = {contredanse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contredanse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}