minuet

Meanings

Noun

• A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
• A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
• A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
• A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.

Verb

• To dance a minuet.

Origin

• From French menuet, from menu + -et, from Latin minutus.