Meanings
nounpas de quatre (plural pas de quatre)
alternative pas-de-quatre
- danceA dance performed by four dancers.
Origin
- Frenchpas de quatre
- Englishpas de quatre
Borrowed from French pas de quatre (literally “step of four”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pas de quatre
- pas de quatredance performed by three dancers
Russian па-де-катр
- па-де-катр (pa-dɛ-katr)dance performed by three dancers
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