Obsolete/archaic noun meaning a stately Renaissance dance (variant spelling of ‘pavan’).
Traductions
The courtiers advanced in a graceful pavon across the hall.
Les courtisans avançaient en une gracieuse pavane à travers la salle.
Définitions
A slow, stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries; an archaic spelling of “pavan”. The courtiers advanced in a graceful pavon across the hall.
Attributive use derived from the noun (e.g. ‘pavon music’, ‘pavon steps’).
Traductions
The choreography features traditional pavon footwork.
La chorégraphie présente un pas pavanesque traditionnel.
Définitions
Relating to or characteristic of the pavon dance. The choreography features traditional pavon footwork.