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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bour•rée (bŏŏ rā′; Fr. bo̅o̅ rā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -rées (-rāz′; Fr. -rā′).USA pronunciation - Music and Dancean old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- Music and Dancethe music for it.
- Late Latin burra wool, coarse fabric
- French: literally, bundle of brushwood, origin, originally, the twigs with which the bundle was stuffed (the dance may once have been done around brushwood bonfires); noun, nominal use of past participle (feminine) of bourrer to stuff, fill, verb, verbal derivative of bourre hair, fluff
- 1700–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bourrée /ˈbʊəreɪ/ n - a traditional French dance in fast duple time, resembling a gavotte
- a piece of music composed in the rhythm of this dance
Etymology: 18th Century: from French bourrée a bundle of faggots (it was originally danced round a fire of faggots) |