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courante.

Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kuːˈɹɑnt//kʊɹˈɑnt/
  1. Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.

  2. The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French courante.

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