different between sarabande vs courante

English

Alternative forms

• saraband, sarabrand, zarabanda

Etymology

Borrowed from French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda.

Noun

sarabande (plural sarabandes)

1. (dance) A 16th century Spanish dance; the zarabanda
2. (dance) A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time
3. (music) The music for either dance of the same name.

Translations

Further reading

• sarabande on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sarabande”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

French

Etymology

Spanish zarabanda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.?a.b??d/

Noun

sarabande f (plural sarabandes)

1. sarabande

Descendants

• ? English: sarabande

Italian

Noun

sarabande f

1. plural of sarabanda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French courante.

Noun

courante (plural courantes)

1. (music) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
2. (music) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)

Anagrams

• cornuate, outrance

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.???t/

Adjective

courante

1. feminine singular of courant

Noun

courante f (plural courantes)

1. (slang) the runs (diarrhea).
2. courante (dance)
3. courante (music)

Synonyms

(diarrhea): chiasse

Descendants

• ? English: courante

Further reading

• “courante” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• écrouant, encroûta, outrance