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Meaning of "rigadoon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RIGADOON

From French, allegedly from its inventor Rigaud, a dancing master at Marseille.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RIGADOON

ˌrɪɡəˈduːn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGADOON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rigadoon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIGADOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rigaudon

The rigaudon is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar to that of a bourrée, but the rigaudon is rhythmically simpler with regular phrases. It originated as a sprightly 17th-century French folk dance for couples. Traditionally, the folkdance was associated with the provinces of Vavarais, Languedoc, Dauphiné, and Provence in southern France, and it became popular as a court dance during the reign of Louis XIV. Its hopping steps were adopted by the skillful dancers of the French and English courts, where it remained fashionable through the 18th century. By the close of the 18th century, however, it had given way in popularity as a ballroom dance to the minuet.

Definition of rigadoon in the English dictionary

The definition of rigadoon in the dictionary is an old Provençal couple dance, light and graceful, in lively duple time. Other definition of rigadoon is a piece of music for or in the rhythm of this dance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIGADOON

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGADOON

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGADOON

boon · cocoon · coon · full moon · hot-air balloon · lagoon · loon · monsoon · new moon · over the moon · raccoon · saloon · saskatoon · spoon · tablespoon · teaspoon · toon · tycoon · typhoon · zoon

Synonyms and antonyms of rigadoon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rigadoon» into 25 languages

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rigadoon
1,325 millions of speakers
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rigodón
570 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
510 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
380 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
280 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
278 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
270 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
260 millions of speakers
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rigodon
220 millions of speakers
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Rigadoon
190 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
180 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
130 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
85 millions of speakers
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Rigadoon
85 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
80 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
75 millions of speakers
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रिगॅडुन
75 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
70 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
65 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
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rigadoon
40 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
30 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
15 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
14 millions of speakers
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rigadoon
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rigadoon
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Trends of use of rigadoon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGADOON»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGADOON»

Discover the use of rigadoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rigadoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rigadoon
Often comic and always angry, the first-person autobiographical narrator, with his wife and their cat in tow, takes the reader with him on his flight from Paris to Denmark after finding himself on the losing side of World War II. The train ...
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 1997
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Understanding Céline
The. Wartime. Trilogy: Castle. to. Castle,. North,. Rigadoon. CASTLE TO CASTLE The apprenticeship that began in Journey to the End of the Night with Bardamu's enlistment in the army during World War I will conclude with Ferdinand's flight ...
Philip H. Solomon, 1992
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The Art of Dancing Explained by Reading and Figures: Whereby ...
CHAR XV. of the RIGADOON STEP of one Spring open in the same Place and Close. THE Rigadoon Step of one Spring open upon the fame Place is composed of two plain Steps or Motions of the Feet, except that the first commences with a ...
‎1735
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Salmagundi; Or, The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot ...
stirred up, and wickedly incited, by two redoubtable and renowned warriors, night Pirouet and Rigadoon ; ycleped in such sort, by reason that they were two mighty, valiant, and invincible little men ; utterly famous for the victories of the leg ...
Washington Irving, 1860
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The Works of Washington Irving...
stirred up, and wickedly incited, by two redoubtable and renowned warriors, kight Pirouet and Rigadoon ; ycleped in such sort, by reason that they were two mighty, valiant, and invincible little men ; utterly famous for the victories of the leg ...
Washington Irving, 1881
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
rigadoon) is & word of doubtful origin. Rousseau says in his Dictionary of music: " I have heard a dancing master say that the name of this dance came from that of its inventor, who was called 'Rigaud.'" Mistral states that this Rigaud was a ...
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1917
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Programme
rigadoon) is a word of doubtful origin. Rousseau says in his Dictionary of music: "I have heard a dancing master say that the nam; of this dance came from that of its inventor, who was called ' Rigaud.' Mistral states that this Rigaud was a ...
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1917
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Holstein-Friesian Herd-book
Owned and bred by J. B. TUCKERMAN, C:tssville, N. Y.; calved, February 15th, 1889; color, black; shield. snip, throat, spot on left shoulder, spot on left side, band around hips, belly, legs, and one-half of tail, white; sire, Rigadoon (8151); dam, ...
‎1890
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Notes and Queries
RIGADOON."—Ir'1 an article in the July number of the Nineteenth Century Lady Currie quotes the lines from Wilde's' allade of Reading Jail ' :— The mocked the moon in a rigadoon Olydelicate turn and twist, and asks, “ What is a rigadoon l ...
‎1904
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Stainer and Barrett's Dictionary of musical terms
Sir John Stainer, William Alexander Barrett. RETRO RIGADOON. RIQOLS ROHRWERK. R6LE ROSALIA. ROSIN RULE. RULE OF THE OCTAVE. it becomes a discord, which is resolved upwards. A discord of retardation is thus opposed to a ...
Sir John Stainer, William Alexander Barrett, 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGADOON»

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Depp pens foreword for Ginger Man 60th edition
Lusty, violent, wildly funny, it is a rigadoon of rascality, a bawled-out comic song of sex,” she enthused. 89-year old JP Donleavy whose best-known novel, The ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
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Carcoar cow units to $1450
Nigel Kable, Fernleigh Pastoral Company, Rydal, sold steers to a top of $925 and Sally Prass, "Rigadoon," Cowra, sold four 330kg Red Angus steers to a top of ... «The Land Newspaper, Jun 15»
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A Visit to Donleavyland, Sixty Years After “The Ginger Man”
Gore Vidal called his writing pornographic; Dorothy Parker claimed nobody could write a better novel than “The Ginger Man”—which she called “a rigadoon of ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
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Restaurant News: New GM at Edgewater's Statehouse trying to right …
... replaces the former Admiralty Room, and its more casual counterpart, the two-level Boathouse, is scheduled to take the place of the former Rigadoon Room. «Madison.com, Mar 15»
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Cellists get on board to mark Bach's birthday
Over a dozen young cellists from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music delivered the rich, gorgeous strains of Bach's best, including the Musette duet, Rigadoon ... «Glendale News Press, Mar 15»
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A musical honor for the Montville Twp. Board of Education
Violinists YooJin Kang, Elizabeth Rycharski, Isabella Ryduchowski, Elizabeth Bazhenov, and Sophia Kuznetsova played "Rigadoon," a Mexican folk song titled ... «NorthJersey.com, Feb 15»
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Special edition of The Ginger Man out in July
Lusty, violent, wildly funny, it is a rigadoon of rascality, a bawled-out comic song of sex”. The new edition includes a foreword by the actor and director Johnny ... «RTE.ie, Feb 15»
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Herbert F. Slater
... and throughout his life owned many boats — notably, the swordfishing boats Aloysious and Margie O, the sailing schooner Rigadoon, and recently a Dyer 29, ... «Martha's Vineyard Times, Dec 14»
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Here's Late Voice Theater Critic Jerry Tallmer Doing a Proto …
Since no one knows what Samuel Beckett's rigadoon means, one should not say that the new version misinterprets the theme. Obviously, a play has to be ... «Village Voice, Nov 14»
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Sale a chance to see the breed 'at its best'
The Cowra producer, who runs a predominantly commercial herd of Red Angus on her property, "Rigadoon", has through the years purchased about eight ... «The Land Newspaper, Jun 14»
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