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Definition of gavotte noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gavotte

noun

/ɡəˈvɒt/

/ɡəˈvɑːt/

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a French dance that was popular in the past; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
Word OriginFrench, from Provençal gavoto ‘dance of the mountain people’, from Gavot ‘native of the Alps’.

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