quadrille English · revision 1090

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kwɒdˈɹɪl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The dance is [[bor|fr|quadrille|t=one of four groups of horsemen]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[es|cuadrilla|t=troop, company]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a diminutive of ''cuadro'' or ''cuadra'' “square”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[la|quadrum|t=a square]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The card game is a separate word,^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from French ''quadrille'', from Spanish ''cuartillo'', a diminutive of ''cuarto'' “fourth”.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A card game for four players, using a pack of forty cards (1726).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The card game was fashionable from 1726 until whist replaced it.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The other ''quadrille'' meant one of four groups of horsemen in a tournament (1738),^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and then a square dance for four couples in five figures (1773).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The craze for the dance reached England in 1816.^(Etymonline) An adjective ''quadrille'' “ruled in squares”, as graph paper, is from French ''quadrillé'' (about 1885).^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1726 – the card game.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1738 – a group of horsemen in a tournament.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1773 – the square dance.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1816 – the dance becomes a craze in England.^(Etymonline)

+ * about 1885 – adjective, ruled in squares.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[square dance]] of French origin, performed by four couples and made up of five figures.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The music for this dance, in 6/8 and 2/4 time.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A card game popular in the 18th century, played by four people with a 40-card pack.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A choreographed [[dressage]] ride for four or more horses.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Marked or ruled in squares, as graph paper.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quad]]

+ * [[quadrangle]]

+ * [[quarter]]

+ * [[square]]

+ * [[cotillion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}