Estampie is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Estampie meaning
A medieval French dance.
Using Estampie
- The main meaning on this page is: A medieval French dance.
- In the example corpus, estampie often appears in combinations such as: the estampie, estampie as.
Context around Estampie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Estampie
- In this selection, "estampie" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may and involves stand out and add context to how "estampie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include describing the estampie as a and label the estampie as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "estampie" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with estampie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Illuminations and paintings from the period seem to indicate that the estampie involves fairly vigorous hopping. (16 words)
Dance seeAlso The idealized dance character of all these pieces suggests that the estampie may have been a true dance but there are no surviving dance manuals describing the estampie as a dance. (33 words)
Sachs Curt Sachs (1963) World History of the Dance, p.292 believes the strong rhythm of the music, a derivation of the name from a term meaning "to stamp" and the quotation from the Froissart poem above definitely label the estampie as a dance. (44 words)
Sachs Curt Sachs (1963) World History of the Dance, p.292 believes the strong rhythm of the music, a derivation of the name from a term meaning "to stamp" and the quotation from the Froissart poem above definitely label the estampie as a dance. (44 words)
Dance seeAlso The idealized dance character of all these pieces suggests that the estampie may have been a true dance but there are no surviving dance manuals describing the estampie as a dance. (33 words)
Illuminations and paintings from the period seem to indicate that the estampie involves fairly vigorous hopping. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
Dance seeAlso The idealized dance character of all these pieces suggests that the estampie may have been a true dance but there are no surviving dance manuals describing the estampie as a dance.
Illuminations and paintings from the period seem to indicate that the estampie involves fairly vigorous hopping.
Sachs Curt Sachs (1963) World History of the Dance, p.292 believes the strong rhythm of the music, a derivation of the name from a term meaning "to stamp" and the quotation from the Froissart poem above definitely label the estampie as a dance.
Common combinations with estampie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the estampie 4×
- estampie as 2×