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gavotte

Pronunciation: /gəˈvɒt/
Definition of gavotte

noun

  • a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century.
  • a piece of music accompanying or in the rhythm of a gavotte, composed in common time beginning on the third beat of the bar.

Origin:

French, from Provençal gavoto 'dance of the mountain people', from Gavot 'native of the Alps'

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