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noun
A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To perform this dance.
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noun
egg-thickened veloute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: allemande sauce
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Broader terms: sauce
History
Borrowed from French allemande (“German (dance)”).
Across languages
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