gavotte

English

Etymology

From 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