minuet
Meaning of minuet
noun
- A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
- 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.
- A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
- 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
To dance a minuet.
Information about minuet
- The plural form of minuet is: minuets.
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Hyphenation of minuet
min-uet
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- minuet is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of minuet
Anagrams of minuet
minute, munite, mutein, mutine, untime
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