minuet
pronunciation
How to pronounce minuet in British English:
UK [ˌmɪnjuˈet]
How to pronounce minuet in American English:
US [ˌmɪnjuˈɛt]
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- Noun:
- a stately court dance in the 17th century
- a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
Word Origin
- minuet (n.)
- "slow dance in triple measure," 1670s, from French menuet, from Old French menuet (adj.) "small, fine, delicate, narrow," from menu "small," from Latin minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). So called from the short steps taken in the dance. Spelling influenced in English by Italian minuetto.
Example
- 1. The third movement : minuet , Allegro , D-by double-trilogy written with Mazurka style , faster , lively image .
- 2. A spirited court dance , popular in France and England in the17th and18th centuries , resembling a minuet but faster .
- 3. He stepped a minuet gravely and gracefully .
- 4. A French peasant dance resembling the minuet .
- 5. A French peasant dance resembling the minuet