écossaise

[ ey-koh-seyz, -kuh- ]

noun

1. a country-dance in quick duple meter.

écossaise

/ ˌeɪkɒˈseɪz; ekɔsɛz /

noun

1. a lively dance in two-four time
2. the tune for such a dance

Word History and Origins

Origin of écossaise¹

1860–65; < French, feminine of écossais Scottish, equivalent to Écosse Scotland + -ais -ese; translation of German schottisch

Word History and Origins

Origin of écossaise¹

C19: French, literally: Scottish (dance)

Example Sentences

Miss Brown gave me Beethoven’s Ecossaise in G, which, strangely, had chords not unlike the Joplin rags.

From Literature

It sounds so pretty in French, p’tit morceau de merde écossaise.

From Literature

One possible explanation is that their forefathers include a unit of Scottish soldiers - the Garde Ecossaise - who served the French King, Francis I, and were defeated with him at the Battle of Pavia, near Milan, in February 1525.

From BBC

On Tuesday, Giacometti's "Diego en chemise ecossaise" sold for $32.6 million, a record for a painting by the artist, and several of the top lots went to Asian clients.

From Reuters

The conversation was then directed towards various topics, and at last we got to the 'Ecossaise' we had played at Soleure.

From Project Gutenberg