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sarabande

Translations

sarabandenoun

sarabandes

sarabande

The courtiers performed a graceful sarabande in the candle-lit hall.

Les courtisans exécutèrent une gracieuse sarabande dans la salle éclairée aux chandelles.

sarabandeEn musique baroque.

The cellist played Bach’s Sarabande from the C-major suite.

Le violoncelliste a joué la Sarabande de Bach de la suite en do majeur.

Synonyms

baroque dance

triple-time dance

instrumental dance

sarabanda

pavane

processional dance

slow dance

dance

sarabandeverb

sarabanded

Past Simple

sarabanded

Past Participle

sarabanding

Gerund

Archaic, intransitive.

Additional translations

sarabanderVerbe rare et littéraire.

Synonyms

measure

step

perform (a sarabande)

dance the sarabande

dance

sarabandeadjective

Used attributively to describe music or rhythm characteristic of a sarabande.

Additional translations

sarabandeEmployé surtout en contexte musical; valeur adjectivale rare en français.

Synonyms

Definitions

sarabandenoun

A slow, stately dance in triple time that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The courtiers performed a graceful sarabande in the candle-lit hall.

A piece of music composed for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often appearing as a movement in a Baroque suite.

The cellist played Bach’s Sarabande from the C-major suite.

sarabandeverb

To dance a sarabande.

They sarabanded elegantly across the polished floor.

sarabandeadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a sarabande dance or its musical style.

The composer introduced a subtle sarabande rhythm in the second movement.