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passepied

UK/pɑːsˈpjeɪ/US/pɑsˈpjeɪ/

passepied noun: a courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.

Noun

passepied (plural passepieds)

  1. A courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.
    Synonyms:
    passing measure, passymeasure

Synonyms of passepied

Forms of passepied

pluralpassepieds

Origin of passepied

Borrowed from French passepied.

Words that rhyme with passepied

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Questions about passepied

What does passepied mean?
Passepied means a courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.
What part of speech is passepied?
Passepied is a noun.
How do you pronounce passepied?
Passepied is pronounced /pɑːsˈpjeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of passepied?
The plural of passepied is passepieds.

Words near passepied in the dictionary

  1. passenger-side
  2. passengered
  3. passengering
  4. passengerless
  5. passengers
  6. passepied
  7. passepieds
  8. passer
  9. passer-by
  10. passer-bys
  11. passer-through

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