air de cour

noun

A piece of secular vocal music of a kind popular in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.

OriginFrench air de cour →
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Meanings

nounair de cour (plural airs de cour)

plural airs de cour

  1. A piece of secular vocal music of a kind popular in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650.

Origin

  1. Frenchair de cour
  2. Englishair de cour

Borrowed from French air de cour.

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APA

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Chicago

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