corrente

noun

cor·​ren·​te

kəˈrentē,

kȯˈ- or as It

plural correntes

: courante

also : a lively Italian courtly dance of the 17th and 18th centuries in fast triple meter

Word History

Etymology

Italian, modification of Middle French courante

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