sarabande

English

Alternative forms

• saraband, sarabrand, zarabanda

Etymology

Borrowed from French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda.

Noun

sarabande (plural sarabandes)

1. (dance) A 16th-century Spanish dance.
2. (dance) A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time.
3. (music) The music for either of these dances.

Translations

a 16th century Spanish dance

• Catalan: sarabanda (ca) f
• French: sarabande (fr) f
• German: Sarabande (de)
• Russian: сарабанда (ru) (sarabanda)
• Spanish: zarabanda (es) f

Further reading

• sarabande on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sarabande”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zarabanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʁa.bɑ̃d/

Noun

sarabande f (plural sarabandes)

1. sarabande

Descendants

• → English: sarabande

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

sarabande f

1. plural of sarabanda