noun

quadrille

Quadrille (noun) means a dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

noun

A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

The music for this dance.

A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.

A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

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Etymology

French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.

Rhymes for quadrille

ville Lille Seville Braille Camille Lucille Orville Deville DeMille Bastille Melville reveille

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What is the meaning of quadrille?

"quadrille" (noun) means a dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

What are the different meanings of quadrille?

"quadrille" has 3 main meanings: 1. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance; 2. The music for this dance; 3. A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.