farandole
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English
Etymology
From French farandole, from Occitan farandola.
Noun
farandole (plural farandoles)
- A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (The Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 953:
- In another corner fragments of the town band tried hard to assemble a farandole, for this type of folklore seemed appropriate to a nationalist and patriotic celebration.
Translations
a lively chain dance
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan farandola.
Pronunciation
Noun
farandole f (plural farandoles)
Further reading
- “farandole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
farandole f