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minuet
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min·u·et  (mny-t)
n.
1. A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
2. The music for or in the rhythm of the minuet.
3. A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.

[French menuet, from Old French, small, dainty (from the small steps characteristic of the dance), diminutive of menu, small, from Latin mintus; see minute2.]

minuet [ˌmɪnjʊˈɛt]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in triple time
2. (Music / Classical Music) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, sometimes as a movement in a suite, sonata, or symphony See also scherzo
[from French menuet dainty (referring to the dance steps), from menu small]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.minuet - a stately court dance in the 17th centuryminuet - a stately court dance in the 17th century
ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
2.minuet - a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
dance music - music to dance to
Translations
minuet [ˌmɪnjʊˈet] Nminué m

minuet [ˌmɪnjuˈɛt] nmenuet m

minuet
nMenuett nt

minuet [ˌmɪnjʊˈɛt] nminuetto

minuet
n minuet [minjuˈet]
(a piece of music to accompany) an old type of graceful dance. minuet موسيقى المنيويت أو رَقْصَتُها минует menuet minuet Pfefferminz-... μενουέτο (μουσ.) minué menuett رقص مینوات menuetti menuet מִינוּאֶט एक धीमी नाच menuet menüett minuet menúett minuetto メヌエット 미뉴에트 menuetas menuets muzik minuet menuet menuett menuet minuete me­nuet менуэт menuet menuet menuet menuett การเต้นรำในศตวรรษที่ 17 menüet 小步舞曲 мінует ایک قدیم قسم کا رقص điệu nhảy mơnuet


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Princeton $339,000, 47 Sterling Rd, Avian RT, and Bird, William E S, to Kahl, Renee Menuet, and Kahl, Michael.
The Sarabandes and Menuets are both in three-quarter time, for example, but what a world of rainbow difference Perahia demonstrates to us as he plays them.
See the note example: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The compositions do not lack dance or quasi-dance parts such as a Menuet, Bouree or Capriccio.
 
 
 
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