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- DictionaryMin·u·et/ˌminyəˈwet/
noun
- 1. a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century.
verb
- 1. dance a minuet.
The meaning of MINUET is a slow graceful dance in 3/4 time characterized by forward balancing, bowing, and toe pointing. How to use minuet in a sentence.
A minuet ( / ˌmɪnjuˈɛt /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3. 4 time. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.
Minuet definition: a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.. See examples of MINUET used in a sentence.
1. A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France. 2. The music for this dance. 3. A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.
minuet, (from French menu, “small”), elegant couple dance that dominated aristocratic European ballrooms, especially in France and England, from about 1650 to about 1750. Reputedly derived from the French folk dance branle de Poitou, the court minuet used smaller steps and became slower and increasingly etiquette-laden and spectacular.
The minuet is a fancy, stately dance from the 17th century performed by members of a court. Two people dance a minuet, and it’s performed in triple time. Throughout 17th century Europe, the minuet was extremely popular. A minuet can also be the music that accompanied the dance.
minuet in British English. (ˌmɪnjʊˈɛt ) noun. 1. a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in triple time. 2. 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. Collins English Dictionary.
