minuet

Definition of Minuet in English :

1. minuet

a stately court dance in the 17th century

2. minuet

a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Minuet

noun

1.

a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in triple time

2.

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, sometimes as a movement in a suite, sonata, or symphony

noun

1.

a slow, stately dance for groups of couples, introduced in France in the 17th cent.

2.

the music for this, in 3/4 time: often a movement of certain musical compositions

n.

1. A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.

2. The music for this dance.

3. A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.