contredanse

French contredanse, itself from English country dance.

contredanse (countable and uncountable, plural contredanses)

1. A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
2. The quadrille.
3. A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.

From English country-dance, with assimilation of first element to contre-.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.dɑ̃s/

contredanse f (plural contredanses)

1. (archaic, dance) quadrille
2. fine; (parking) ticket

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

• décanterons