[DOC] [TLE] Minuet - definition of minuet by The Free Dictionary [PAR] 1. a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... [
166575; < French menuet=menu small (see menu) + -et -et; so called from the... [DOC] [TLE] Minuet | Define Minuet at Dictionary.com [PAR] a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2. a 
piece ... Expand. French. 1665-1675. 1665-75; < French menuet, equivalent to 
menu small (see menu ) + -et -et; so called from the shortness of the dancers' 
steps. [DOC] [TLE] minuet - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] French menuet, equivalent. to menu small (see menu) + -et -et; so called from the 
... a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in triple time; a piece of... [DOC] [TLE] Minuet - Wikipedia [PAR] A minuet is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3 4 time. 
The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, possibly from 
the French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or 
from the early 17th-century popular group dances called... [DOC] [TLE] minuets (ballroom dancing) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "slow dance in triple measure", from French menuet, from Old French menuet. ... 
been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, 
... a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in triple time | a piece of ... 
a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th
... [DOC] [TLE] minuet English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] noun a stately ballroom dance in triple time, popular in the 18th century. ... [
French menuet, from Old French, small, dainty (from the small steps ... a slow 
dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, or a piece of music for this dance ... a tune 
or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, 
sonatas,... [DOC] [TLE] A Baroque Glossary - Music of the Baroque [PAR] It was a popular dance in Lully's operas and at the court of Louis XIV, and 
retained its ... Since French choreography for the courante survives only from the 
18th century, we know very ... da capo aria: the standard aria form by the late 
17th century. ... of the basso continuo; small harpsichords were called virginals or 
spinets. [DOC] [TLE] MINUET meaning in English,  . Collins COBUILD ... [PAR] English interlingue dictionary; MINUET  noun Etymology: French menuet, from 
obsolete French, tiny, from Old French, from menu small, from Latin minutus Date: 
... A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in 
... 1. a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. [DOC] [TLE] minuet - ...   minuet? [PAR] A minuet, also spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two ... 1. a 
slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... [
1665 75; < F menuet, equiv. to menu small (see MENU) + et ET; so called from 
the [DOC] [TLE] What is minuet - Sesli Szlk [PAR] A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in 
suites, ... court dance in the 17th century a stately piece of music composed for 
dancing the minuet; ... The most popular dance of the 18th-century aristocracy, it 
fell from favour after the ... From French menuet, from menu 'small' + diminutive -
et. [DOC] [TLE] minuet - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] minuet: A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, ... A tune 
or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in ... Old 
French, small, dainty (from the

Question: The name of this stately dance popular in the 17th & 18th centuries is from the French for "small"
Answer: the minuet