It was not quadrille dancing, nor minuet dancing, nor even country-dance dancing.
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Minuet
Synonyms for "minuet" (3 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- менует noun (dance)
Catalan
2 entries- minuet noun (dance)
- minuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
Chinese
1 entries- 小步舞曲 noun (music accompanying the dance)
Czech
2 entries- menuet noun (dance)
- menuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
Dutch
2 entries- menuet noun (dance)
- menuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
Finnish
2 entries- menuetti noun (dance)
- menuetti noun (music accompanying the dance)
French
2 entries- menuet noun (dance)
- menuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
German
2 entries- Menuett noun (dance)
- Menuett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Greek
2 entries- μενουέτο noun (dance)
- μενουέτο noun (music accompanying the dance)
Hungarian
2 entries- menüett noun (dance)
- menüett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Icelandic
2 entries- menúett noun (dance)
- menúett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Italian
1 entries- minuetto noun (dance)
Japanese
2 entries- メヌエット noun (dance)
- メヌエット noun (music accompanying the dance)
Macedonian
2 entries- менуе́т noun (dance)
- менуе́т noun (music accompanying the dance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- menuett noun (dance)
- menuett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- menuett noun (dance)
- menuett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Polish
2 entries- menuet noun (dance)
- menuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
Portuguese
2 entries- minueto noun (dance)
- minueto noun (music accompanying the dance)
Romanian
2 entries- menuet noun (dance)
- menuet noun (music accompanying the dance)
Russian
2 entries- менуэ́т noun (dance)
- менуэт noun (music accompanying the dance)
Spanish
4 entries- minueto noun (dance)
- minueto noun (music accompanying the dance)
- minué noun (dance)
- minué noun (music accompanying the dance)
Swedish
2 entries- menuett noun (dance)
- menuett noun (music accompanying the dance)
Tagalog
2 entries- minwe noun (dance)
- minwe noun (music accompanying the dance)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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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Within the same circle with the pigeons, were beautiful albatrosses, poising and minueting with them in the most pleasing fellowship.
Source: wiktionary
This set the pattern for four years, as the two monarchs minueted around the vast Commonwealth, never again to face each other personally in battle.
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