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contredanses

contredanses is the plural of contredanse.

Meaning of contredanse

Noun

contredanse (countable and uncountable, plural contredanses)

  1. A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
  2. The quadrille.
  3. A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.

Questions about contredanses

What is contredanses the plural of?
Contredanses is the plural of contredanse.

Words near contredanses in the dictionary

  1. contrectation
  2. contrectations
  3. contredance
  4. contredances
  5. contredanse
  6. contredanses
  7. contree
  8. contrees
  9. contrefort
  10. contreforts
  11. Contrera

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contredanses (page history and authors); contredanse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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