ALLEMANDE

allemande, allemande sauce

(noun) egg-thickened veloute

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

allemande (plural allemandes)

A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.

Synonyms

• (instrumental dance form): allemanda, almain, alman

Verb

allemande (third-person singular simple present allemandes, present participle allemanding, simple past and past participle allemanded)

To perform this dance.

Source: Wiktionary


Al"le*mande", n. Etym: [F., fr. allemand German.]

1. (Mus.)

Definition: A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

2. A figure in dancing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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