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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quad•rille1 /kwɑˈdrɪl, kwə-, kə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea square dance for four couples.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quad•rille1 (kwo dril′, kwə-, kə-),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements, each complete in itself.
- Music and Dancethe music for such a dance.
- Latin quadra
- Spanish cuadrilla company, troop, diminutive of cuadra square
- French
- 1730–40
- Gamesa card game played by four persons.
- Latin quartus
- Spanish cuartillo, diminutive of cuarto fourth
- French
- 1720–30
- ruled in squares, as graph paper.
- Spanish cuadrilla; see quadrille1
- French quadrillé, past participle of quadriller to rule in squares, derivative of quadrille lozenge
- 1880–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quadrille /kwɒˈdrɪl kwə-/ n - a square dance of five or more figures for four or more couples
- a piece of music for such a dance, alternating between simple duple and compound duple time
Etymology: 18th Century: via French from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadro square, from Latin quadra quadrille /kwɒˈdrɪl kwə-/ n - an old card game for four players
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Spanish cuartillo, from cuarto fourth, from Latin quartus, influenced by quadrille1 |