échappé
See also: échappe
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French. Doublet of escapee.
Noun
[edit]échappé (plural échappés)
- (ballet) A movement performed in ballet involving a leap from both feet simultaneously.
- 1991, Peter F. Ostwald, Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness:
- A certain mystique has always been attached to his extraordinary leaps. “Suddenly a tremendous jump straight up, grand échappé, his legs firmly locked,” […]
Translations
[edit]ballet movement
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]échappé (feminine échappée, masculine plural échappés, feminine plural échappées)
Noun
[edit]échappé m (plural échappés, feminine échappée)
Further reading
[edit]- “échappé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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