
cotillion



cotillion noun & verb. [kǝ'tɪljǝn] In senses A.1, B. also cotillon [kǝ'tɪljǝn; kɔtij (pl. same)].
(=cotillon) نوعی رقص دو نفری
cotillion noun & verb.
[kǝ'tɪljǝn] In senses A.1, B. also cotillon
[kǝ'tɪljǝn; kɔtij (pl. same)].
E18.[French cotillon petticoat, dance, dim. of cotte COAT noun.]A. noun.
1. Any of several dances with elaborate steps and figures;
spec. (a) an 18th-cent. French social dance based on the contredanse;
(b) US a quadrille;
(c) (in full
German cotillion) a complex dance in which one couple leads the other couples through a variety of figures and there is a continual change of partners.
E18.2. A formal ball,
esp. one at which débutantes are presented.
US.
L19.b. verb intrans. Dance a cotillion.
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