fouetté
UK/ˈfwɛteɪ/
fouetté noun: a ballet move in which either the body or the working leg is whipped around forcefully.
Noun
fouetté (plural fouettés)
- A ballet move in which either the body or the working leg is whipped around forcefully.
- Sometimes, when they were drinking, Goran would get up from the floor and do a pirouette or a fouetté, for a moment so graceful and beautiful that it hurt to look at him.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 143
Forms of fouetté
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Origin of fouetté
Borrowed from French fouetté (“whipped”).
Words that rhyme with fouetté
Questions about fouetté
- What does fouetté mean?
- Fouetté means a ballet move in which either the body or the working leg is whipped around forcefully.
- What part of speech is fouetté?
- Fouetté is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fouetté?
- Fouetté is pronounced /ˈfwɛteɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fouetté?
- The plural of fouetté is fouettés.
Words near fouetté in the dictionary
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