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# quadrille

noun (a quadrille, quadrilles)

«quadrille» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An old dance for four couples standing in a square, done in several parts, popular in the 1800s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#m1)
2. The music for this dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#m2)
3. (cards, old) A card game for four players. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#m3)

### In the lessons

Quadrilles were danced at balls in Victorian times, like a square dance. In Alice in Wonderland, the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille for Alice, with the song «Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail». The name comes from Latin and French words for four (like quadrilateral).

### Examples

- The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon danced the Lobster Quadrille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x1)
- At the ball, four couples stood in a square for the quadrille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x2)
- «Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x3)
- In a quadrille, each couple takes turns to move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x4)
- The band played a lively quadrille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x5)
- Lobsters are thrown out to sea in the middle of the Lobster Quadrille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/#x6)

### Note

Sounds like «kwa-DRILL». «Quad-» means four: quadrilateral, quad bike, quadruple. Old-fashioned word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quadrille» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quadrille/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quadrille» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quadrille.html) on Mova free.