sarabande
French, noun/sa.ʁa.bɑ̃d/
sarabande is spelled S-A-R-A-B-A-N-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarabande is a French feminine noun meaning “sarabande” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse d’origine espagnole, d’abord endiablée, puis devenue danse lente et noble, au bal et au théâtre, où…”.
What does sarabande mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesarabande
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse d’origine espagnole, d’abord endiablée, puis devenue danse lente et noble, au bal et au théâtre, où elle était exécutée en couple, surtout aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles, en France. 2. Pièce instrumentale lente à trois temps, de coupe binaire à reprises, appartenant à une suite. 3. Désordre, vacarme dû à des jeux bruyants. 4. Agitation d’une multitude de choses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sarabande
- sarabandes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarabande?
- /sa.ʁa.bɑ̃d/
- \sa.ʁa.bɑ̃d\
- [sa.ʁa.bɑ̃d]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sarabande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sarabande in French?
sarabande appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).