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Showing words for GAVOTTE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Gavotte

gavotte

6 Letter Words for Gavotte

ottave, togate

5 Letter Words for Gavotte

gavot, goave, gotta, otate, ovate, tovet

4 Letter Words for Gavotte

aget, atte, etat, gaet, gate, gatt, gave, geat, geta, goat, gote, gove, govt, tate, tave, teat, tega, toat, toea, toga, toge, togt, tote, vage, vega, veta, veto, voet, vogt, vota, vote

3 Letter Words for Gavotte

age, ago, agt, ate, att, ave, avg, avo, eat, ego, eta, evg, gat, geo, get, goa, got, gov, gte, gtt, oat, ova, tag, tao, tat, tav, tea, teg, tet, tgt, toa, toe, tog, tot, tov, vae, vag, vat, veg, vet, voe, vog

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