quadrille
quadrille · quadrilles · quadrilled · quadrilling
To dance the quadrilleTo dance the quadrille.
/kwɒdˈɹɪl/
» It was not quadrille dancing, nor minuet dancing, nor even country-dance dancing.
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo dance the quadrille.
Examples
1 sentencesIt was not quadrille dancing, nor minuet dancing, nor even country-dance dancing.
Origin
French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“squFrench, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.
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Forms
quadrilles, quadrilling, quadrilled, quadrilled| Base form | quadrille · to quadrille |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | quadrilles |
| Present participle | quadrilling |
| Past simple | quadrilled |
| Past participle | quadrilled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle