minuet

Meaning of minuet

noun
  1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
  2. 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.
  3. A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
  4. 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

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

Words that rhyme with minuet

Nanuet, mennuet

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