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FARANDOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does farandole mean?
• FARANDOLE (noun)
The noun FARANDOLE has 1 sense:
1. a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
Familiarity information: FARANDOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("farandole" is a kind of...):
folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))
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