gavotte

English

Etymology

French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”), literally “glutton, boor,” from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

gavotte (plural gavottes)

1. A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.

Translations

French dance

• Armenian: գավոտ (hy) (gavot)
• Czech: gavota (cs) f
• French: gavotte (fr) f
• Polish: gawot (pl) m
• Russian: гаво́т (ru) m (gavót)
• Swedish: gavott (sv) c

Verb

gavotte (third-person singular simple present gavottes, present participle gavotting, simple past and past participle gavotted)

1. To perform this dance.
   • 1972, Carly Simon (lyrics and music), “You're so Vain” (0:36 from the start)‎^[1] (audio recording), performed by Carly Simon, Rhino/Elektra, published 2017:

     You had one eye in the mirror as / you watched yourself gavotte / And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner / They'd be your partner, and / You're so vain

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.vɔt/

• Audio:

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Noun

gavotte f (plural gavottes)

1. gavotte

Further reading

• “gavotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

gavotte f

1. plural of gavotta

Anagrams

• gettavo