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English
Noun
cotillon (plural cotillons)
- Alternative form of cotillion
1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XII, in Peter Simple. , volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, , published 1834, →OCLC, page 200:The second figure [of the dance] commenced, and I made a sad bungle; so I did of the third, and fourth, and fifth, for I never had danced a cotillon.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:"Well," I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, "he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one." / "So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?" / I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
French
Etymology
From cotte (“dress”) + -illon (“diminutive”) + (alt. -ille + -on).
Pronunciation
Noun
cotillon m (plural cotillons)
- (archaic) petticoat
- (dance) cotillion, cotillon
- (in the plural) party novelties (e.g. paper hats, streamers etc.)
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Italian
Noun
cotillon m (invariable)
- small favour/favor
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
cotillon m (plural cotillons)
- (Jersey) skirt
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