écossaise
écossaise noun: a contra dance in a Scottish style, popular in France and Great Britain around the late eighteenth century.
Noun
écossaise (plural écossaises)
- A contra dance in a Scottish style, popular in France and Great Britain around the late eighteenth century.
Forms of écossaise
| plural | écossaises |
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Origin of écossaise
Borrowed from French.
Questions about écossaise
- What does écossaise mean?
- Écossaise means a contra dance in a Scottish style, popular in France and Great Britain around the late eighteenth century.
- What part of speech is écossaise?
- Écossaise is a noun.
- What is the plural of écossaise?
- The plural of écossaise is écossaises.
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