Main Entry:

ga·votte

Pronunciation:

\gə-ˈvät\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan gavato, from gavot Alpine dweller

Date:

1696

1 : a dance of French peasant origin marked by the raising rather than sliding of the feet 2 : a tune for the gavotte in moderately quick ⁴⁄₄ time

— gavotte intransitive verb