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Contredanse

Definition: Contredanse

Contredanse

Noun

1. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line.

Verb

1. Perform a contradance.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "contredanse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1905. (references)

"Contredanse" is a common misspelling or typo for: contriteness, contrivance.


Synonyms: Contredanse

Synonyms: country dancing (n), contra danse (v), contradance (v), country-dance (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Contredanse

Specialty definitions using "contredanse": Dances. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Contredanse

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

contredanse

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Contredanse

Language Translations for "contredanse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Spanish

  

contradanza (country dance). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fransäs (contradance). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

контрданс. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Contredanse

Derivations

Words beginning with "contredanse": contredanses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Contredanse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: ancestored, condensate, contenders.

-2 letters: anecdotes, ascendent, carotenes, coarsened, condenser, consented, consenter, contender, cretonnes, decanters, decorates, entranced, entrances, nondesert, ordnances, renascent, resonance, resonated, tendances, transcend.

-3 letters: acetones, ancestor, anecdote, ascender, canteens, cantered, cantoned, carotene, cartoned, censored, centares, centners, centones, condense, contends, corseted, crenated, cretonne, decanter, decorate, earstone, enactors, encoders, endnotes, endocast, endosarc, endostea, ensnared.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: consternated, contredanses.

 

+2 letters: containerised, inconsiderate, unconsecrated.

 

+3 letters: confederations, coordinateness, counterdemands, counterstained, deconcentrates, deconsecrating, deconsecration.

 

+4 letters: considerateness, deconsecrations, inconsiderately, recommendations, reconsideration.

 

+5 letters: codeterminations, coordinatenesses, deconcentrations, nondocumentaries, reconsiderations, superfecundation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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