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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ga•votte (gə vot′),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancean old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
- Music and Dancea piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband.
Also, ga•vot′. - pre-Latin *gaba throat, crop, goiter), alluding to the prevalence of goiter among the mountaineers
- Provencal gavoto a mountaineer of Provence, a dance of such mountaineers, apparently derivative of gava bird's crop (probably
- French
- 1690–1700
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gavotte, gavot /ɡəˈvɒt/ n - an old formal dance in quadruple time
- a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot mountaineer, dweller in the Alps (where the dance originated), from gava goitre (widespread in the Alps), from Old Latin gaba (unattested) throat |