| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| allemande |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·le·mande |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -mnd , -mänd, l-mnd, -mänd |
| NOUN: | 1a. A stately 16th-century dance in duple meter. b. Music A composition written to or as if to accompany this dance, often used as the first movement of a suite. 2. A lively dance of the mid-18th century in triple meter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, feminine of allemand, German, from Latin Alemann , an ancient Germanic tribe. See Alemanni.
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