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balançoire

balançoire noun: swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.

Noun

balançoire (plural balançoires)

  1. (ballet) Swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.

Forms of balançoire

pluralbalançoires

Origin of balançoire

Borrowed from French balançoire.

Questions about balançoire

What does balançoire mean?
Balançoire means swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.
What part of speech is balançoire?
Balançoire is a noun.
What is the plural of balançoire?
The plural of balançoire is balançoires.

Words near balançoire in the dictionary

  1. balantidiases
  2. balantidiasis
  3. balantidium
  4. balanus
  5. Balanyá
  6. balançoire
  7. balançoires
  8. balao
  9. balao-balao
  10. Balaoa
  11. Balaoan

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