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air de cour

air de cour noun: a piece of secular vocal music of a kind popular in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.

Noun

air de cour (plural airs de cour)

  1. A piece of secular vocal music of a kind popular in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.

Forms of air de cour

pluralairs de cour

Origin of air de cour

Borrowed from French air de cour.

Questions about air de cour

What does air de cour mean?
Air de cour means a piece of secular vocal music of a kind popular in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.
What part of speech is air de cour?
Air de cour is a noun.
What is the plural of air de cour?
The plural of air de cour is airs de cour.

Words near air de cour in the dictionary

  1. air cushion
  2. air cushion vehicle
  3. air cushion vehicles
  4. air cushions
  5. air data
  6. air de cour
  7. air defence
  8. air defences
  9. air defense
  10. air defenses
  11. air denial

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