English Explanatory Dictionary

minuet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
  2. A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
  3. A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
  4. A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.
verb
  1. To dance a minuet.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

minuet minuets minueting minueted

Etymology

From French menuet, from menu (“small”) + -et (“diminutive”), from Latin minutus (“very small”).

Derived words

minuetic minuetish minuetlike

Translations

Bulgarian: менует Catalan: minuet Czech: menuet Dutch: menuet Finnish: menuetti French: menuet German: Menuett Greek: μενουέτο Hungarian: menüett Icelandic: menúett Italian: minuetto Japanese: メヌエット Macedonian: менуе́т Norwegian Bokmål: menuett Norwegian Nynorsk: menuett Polish: menuet Portuguese: minueto Romanian: menuet Russian: менуэ́т Spanish: minueto Spanish: minué Swedish: menuett Tagalog: minwe Chinese: 小步舞曲
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