In American usage, a cotillion is a formal ball and social gathering, often the venue for presenting débutantes during the débutante season – usually May through December. Cotillions are also used as classes to teach social etiquette, respect and common morals for the younger ages with the possibility of leading up to a débutante ball.[1][2][3]
This is similar to the Quinceañera except for the ages.
Cotillion (disambiguation) — Cotillion is a 18–19th century French dance. Cotillion can also refer to: Cotillion ball, a formal presentation of young ladies, debutantes, to polite society. Cotillion (Malazan), a character in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series Cotillion… … Wikipedia
cotillion — (n.) type of dance, 1766, from Fr. cotillion (15c.), originally petticoat, a double dim. of O.Fr. cote skirt (see COAT (Cf. coat)); its application to a kind of dance arose in France and is considered obscure by some linguists, but there are… … Etymology dictionary
Cotillion (music) — Cotillion is an Irish group of emerging contemporary artists, who interpreted the idea of being presented to society in relation to putting their art work into the public. Their first self titled exhibition in the Crow Gallery was a debutant ball … Wikipedia
cotillion — [kō til′yən] n. [Fr cotillon, orig., petticoat < OFr cote: see COAT] 1. a) a brisk, lively dance characterized by many intricate figures and the continual changing of partners b) music for such a dance 2. a formal ball, esp. one at which… … English World dictionary
Cotillion — For other uses, see Cotillion (disambiguation). Cotillion figures demonstrated in the Festsaal, Hofburg, Vienna, in 2008 The cotillion is a type of patterned social dance that originated in France in the 18th century and was originally made up of … Wikipedia
cotillion — /keuh til yeuhn, koh /, n. 1. a formal ball given esp. for debutantes. 2. a lively French social dance originating in the 18th century, consisting of a variety of steps and figures and performed by couples. 3. any of various dances resembling the … Universalium
Ball (dance) — A ball is a formal dance. The word ball is derived from the Latin word ballare , meaning to dance ; the term also derived into bailar , which is the Spanish and Portuguese word for dance (verb). In Catalan it is the same word, ball , for the… … Wikipedia
ball — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dance, cotillion; shot, projectile; sphere, globe. See amusement, arms, rotundity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A spherical body] Syn. globe, spheroid, sphere, balloon, orb, perisphere, globule, globular or … English dictionary for students
Cotillion — Cotillon Co til lon (k[ o] t[ e] y[^o]N or k[ o] t[ e]l ; 277), Cotillion Co*til lion (k[ o]*t[i^]l y[u^]n), n. [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See {Coat}.] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cotillion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. german; ball, square dance. See amusement. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. ball, dance … English dictionary for students
