different between stately vs sarabande

English

Etymology

From state +? -ly. Compare stour.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?tli/

Adjective

stately (comparative statelier, superlative stateliest)

1. Of people: worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

2. Of movement: deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
3. Grand, impressive, imposing.

Derived terms

• stately home

Translations

Adverb

stately (comparative more stately, superlative most stately)

1. In a stately manner.

Anagrams

• Sattley, stylate

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