How to pronounce quadrille
American English pronunciation
kwah-DRIL
- IPA
- /kwɑˈdɹɪl/
- Syllables
- kwah · DRIL (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What quadrille means
An old dance for four couples set in a square
In a sentence: At the history fair, we learned the quadrille and bowed to our partners.
Where it comes from: It came through French from a Spanish word for a small square, which goes back to the word for "four."
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