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figurante

figurante noun: a female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.

Noun

figurante (plural figurantes)

  1. (dated) A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
    • Gradually the hedges and fields give way before long rows of houses; and a few single domiciles, with plats of turf cut into patterns, and bunches of daisies dusty and dry as if just dropped from the wreath of a figurante, are what the orientals call so pleasant and rural, so convenient for stages...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 215

figurante meaning in Tamil

figurante in Tamil

குழுநிலை நடிகன்

Forms of figurante

pluralfigurantes

Origin of figurante

From French figurante.

Questions about figurante

What does figurante mean?
Figurante means a female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
What is figurante in Tamil?
Figurante in Tamil is குழுநிலை நடிகன். See Figurante meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is figurante?
Figurante is a noun.
What is the plural of figurante?
The plural of figurante is figurantes.

Words near figurante in the dictionary

  1. figural
  2. figuralities
  3. figurality
  4. figurally
  5. figurant
  6. figurante
  7. figurantes
  8. figurants
  9. Figuras
  10. figurate
  11. figurate number

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