allemande

allemande noun: a popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.

Noun

allemande (plural allemandes)

A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
- […] sweet to us it is to behold delightful dancing, be it the stately splendour of the Pavane which progresseth as large clouds at sun-down that pass by in splendour; or the graceful Allemande; or the Fandango, which goeth by degrees from languorous beauty to the swiftness and passion of Bacchanals...1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33
Synonyms:

allemanda, almain, alman

allemande (third-person singular simple present allemandes, present participle allemanding, simple past and past participle allemanded)

To perform this dance.
- The gaudy splashes of lightning made it seem that some weird dance was going on, one where you threw your partner into the nearest tree instead of allemanding her, or dug your knee into his crotch instead of doing a do-si-do.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Noun
plural	allemandes
Verb
third-person singular present	allemandes
present participle	allemanding
past participle	allemanded
past	allemanded

Borrowed from French allemande (“German (dance)”).

What does allemande mean?: Allemande means a popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
What part of speech is allemande?: Allemande can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of allemande?: The plural of allemande is allemandes.

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