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- [boo-rey; French boo-rey]
- /bʊˈreɪ; French buˈreɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [boo-rey; French boo-rey]
- /bʊˈreɪ; French buˈreɪ/
Definitions of bourree word
- noun bourree traditional French dance in fast duple time 3
- noun bourree a traditional French dance in fast duple time, resembling a gavotte 3
- noun bourree a piece of music composed in the rhythm of this dance 3
- noun bourree a lively 17th-cent. French dance in duple time 3
- noun bourree music for this dance, or a composition of similar rhythm 3
- noun plural bourree an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte. 1
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Origin of bourree
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
1700-10; < French: literally, bundle of brushwood, orig., the twigs with which the bundle was stuffed (the dance may once have been done around brushwood bonfires); noun use of past participle (feminine) of bourrer to stuff, fill, verbal derivative of bourre hair, fluff < Late Latin burra wool, coarse fabric
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Parts of speech for Bourree
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bourree popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
bourree usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with bourree
- what is a bourree?
- how to do a pas de bourree?
- what is a pas de bourree?
- what does bourree mean?
- what does pas de bourree mean?
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