courante
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French courante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
courante (plural courantes)
- (music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
- (music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
courante
Noun edit
courante f (plural courantes)
Synonyms edit
(diarrhea): chiasse
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “courante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.