pavane

[ puh-vahn, -van; French pa-van ]

noun,plural pa·vanes [puh-vahnz, -vanz; French pa-van]. /pəˈvɑnz, -ˈvænz; French paˈvan/.
  1. a stately dance dating from the 16th century.

  2. the music for this dance.

Origin of pavane

1
1525–35; <Middle French <Italian pavana, contraction of padovana (feminine) of Padua (Italian Padova)
  • Also pav·an [pav-uhn, puh-vahn, -van], /ˈpæv ən, pəˈvɑn, -ˈvæn/, pav·in [pav-uhn] /ˈpæv ən/ .

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How to use pavane in a sentence

  • He taught her the gavotte, the pavane, and many other dances, playing the measures on an old violin the while.

    A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
  • Very fine was the bow he made as he said: 'Mademoiselle, may I entreat the honour of your hand for the pavane?

    A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
  • So pavane followed gavotte and sarabande and the more modern minuet, and the ball was very brilliant and gay.

    A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
  • I have often seen them dancing the pavane d'Espagne, which must be performed with the utmost majesty and grace.

  • He was enraptured to find her in so winning a mood that he proposed a pavane.

    The Mercenary | W. J. Eccott

British Dictionary definitions for pavane

pavane

pavan

/ (pəˈvɑːn, -ˈvæn, ˈpævən) /


noun
  1. a slow and stately dance of the 16th and 17th centuries

  2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, usually characterized by a slow stately triple time

Origin of pavane

1
C16 pavan, via French from Spanish pavana, from Old Italian padovana Paduan (dance), from Padova Padua

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