écossaise

noun

A contra dance in a Scottish style, popular in France and Great Britain around the late eighteenth century.

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Meanings

nounécossaise (plural écossaises)

plural écossaises

  1. A contra dance in a Scottish style, popular in France and Great Britain around the late eighteenth century.

Origin

  1. French-
  2. French-
  3. Englishécossaise

Borrowed from French.

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APA

écossaise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cossaise

MLA

“écossaise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cossaise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “écossaise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cossaise.

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