bourrée
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbourrée (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, published 2006, page 309:
- Stationed just outside the main gate, the band is hammering away at ‘Rule Britannia’ and the bourrée from the ‘Royal Fireworks Music.’
Translations
edita baroque dance of French origin
Verb
editbourrée (third-person singular simple present bourrées, present participle bourréeing, simple past and past participle bourréed)
- To perform this dance.
- 1991 April 6, Ron Caldwell, “Kind of Stranger”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
- As a physical presence, nevertheless, he can bourree with the best of them and packs a mean port-de-bras.
French
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Participle
editbourrée f sg
Adjective
editbourrée
Noun
editbourrée f (plural bourrées)
Further reading
edit- “bourrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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