contredanse

• Danse folklorique d'origine anglaise où les couples sont disposés en vis-à-vis ou en colonnes, souvent exécutée en figures collectives.

A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line.

1. C1formal

   A type of folk dance where couples are arranged in sets or face each other in a line, often performed at social gatherings.

   Contredanse

   • The villagers performed a lively contredanse at the festival.
   • She learned the steps of the contredanse from her grandmother.
   • The ballroom was filled with couples dancing the contredanse.

   Synonymescontradancecountry-dance

• Verbe vieilli signifiant danser la contredanse, une danse collective d'origine anglaise, populaire aux XVIIIe et début du XIXe siècles.

An obsolete verb meaning to dance a contredanse, a type of folk dance popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

1. Perform a contradanceC1formal

   To dance a type of folk dance where couples form two lines and perform a series of figures.

   Danser une contredanse

   • The villagers contredansed at the harvest festival.
   • They learned to contredanse at the historical reenactment.
   • The group contredansed gracefully to the fiddle music.

   Synonymescontradancecountry-dance