échappé
See also: échappe
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French.
NounEdit
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,” […]
- 1991: Peter F. Ostwald, Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness
TranslationsEdit
ballet movement
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Homophone: échappés
VerbEdit
échappé m (feminine singular échappée, masculine plural échappés, feminine plural échappées)
NounEdit
échappé m (plural échappés, feminine échappée)
Further readingEdit
- “échappé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).