échappé

See also: échappe

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French.

NounEdit

échappé (plural échappés)

1. (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,” […]

TranslationsEdit

ballet movement

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Homophone: échappés

VerbEdit

échappé m (feminine singular échappée, masculine plural échappés, feminine plural échappées)

1. past participle of échapper

NounEdit

échappé m (plural échappés, feminine échappée)

1. escapee

Further readingEdit

• “échappé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).