Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - minuet
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(minuets) 1. In the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a minuet is a piece of music with three beats in a bar which is played at moderate speed. N-COUNT 2. A minuet is a fairly slow and formal dance which was popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French menuet, from obsolete French, tiny, from Old French, from menu small, from Latin minutus Date: 1672 1. a slow graceful dance in 3/4 time characterized by forward balancing, bowing, and toe pointing 2. music for or in the rhythm of a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a slow stately dance for two in triple time. 2 Mus. the music for this, or music in the same rhythm and style, often as a movement in a suite, sonata, or symphony. --v.intr. (minueted, minueting) dance a minuet. Etymology: F menuet, orig. adj. = fine, delicate, dimin. of menu: see MENU ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1673, from Fr. menuet, from O.Fr. menuet (adj.) "small, delicate," from menu "small," from L. minutus "small, minute." So called from the short steps taken in the dance. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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