pavane
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pavane
- /pəˈvɑːn/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɑːn
Where it comes from
From French pavane, from dialectal Italian pavana, contraction of the older padovana, feminine of padovano, meaning from the city of Padua (Italian Padova, dialectal form Pava).
noun pavanes · pavan · paven · pavian · pavin · pavonne
- A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries. […] if the men should not agree what to play, but one would have a grave Pavane, another a nimbler Galliard, a third some frisking toy or Iigg, and then all of them should be wilful, none yield to his fellow, but every one scrape on his own tune as loud as he could: what a hideous hateful noise may
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A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter.
Why then be merry; be merry, or I’le be
Out of humour, and then who shall dance the Pavan
With Ossorio?
Similar: Paduan
verb pavanes · pavaning · pavaned · pavan · paven
- To dance the pavane.
Translations
Talk about this word "pavane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pavane. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pavane. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pavane "pavane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pavane.Cite this
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title = {pavane},
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year = {2026},
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