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Definitions for Gavotte
[1] an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
[2] a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband.
[3] an old formal dance in quadruple time
[4] a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Words nearby Gavotte
gavel, gavel-to-gavel, gavelkind, gavial, gavin, gavotte, gaw, gawain, gawain, sir, gawk, gawky
Origin of Gavotte
1690–1700; < French < Provençal gavoto a mountaineer of Provence, a dance of such mountaineers, apparently derivative of gava bird's crop (probably < pre-Latin *gaba throat, crop, goiter), alluding to the prevalence of goiter among the mountaineers
Word origin for Gavotte
C17: from French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot mountaineer, dweller in the Alps (where the dance originated), from gava goitre (widespread in the Alps), from Old Latin gaba (unattested) throat