quadrille

Pronunciation: /kwɒdˈɹɪl/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun music for dancing the quadrille
  2. noun a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

Etymology

French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.

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dance music

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