bourrée
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bourrée.
Noun
bourrée (plural bourrées)
- A baroque dance of French origin, common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century.
- A piece of music in character with such a dance.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 309:
- Stationed just outside the main gate, the band is hammering away at ‘Rule Britannia’ and the bourrée from the ‘Royal Fireworks Music.’
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 309:
Translations
a baroque dance of French origin
French
Verb
bourrée
- feminine singular of the past participle of bourrer
Adjective
bourrée
Noun
bourrée f (plural bourrées)
Further reading
- “bourrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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