minuet
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minuet
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
From French menuet, from menu (“small”) + -et (“diminutive”), from Latin minutus (“very small”).
noun minuets
- A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
- A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
- A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
- A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.
verb minuets · minueting · minueted
- To dance a minuet. After he had raved his time upon the stage, the ladies and knights again minueted for an hour, and again gave place.
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Talk about this word "minuet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/minuet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. minuet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/minuet "minuet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/minuet.Cite this
@misc{minuet_2026,
title = {minuet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minuet},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
