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jeté

jeté is the alternative form of jete.

Meaning of jete

Noun

jete (plural jetes)

  1. (ballet) A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.
    • Finally one of the first three breaks through the barrier, but instead of a jete, he takes an incredible headfirst dive and slides along the floor.1990 April 13, Laura Molzahn, “Priestly Perversions”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of jeté

pluraljetés

Questions about jeté

What is jeté the alternative form of?
Jeté is the alternative form of jete.

Words near jeté in the dictionary

  1. jetwashes
  2. jetwashing
  3. jetway
  4. Jetway Jesus
  5. jetways
  6. jeté
  7. jetés
  8. jeu d'esprit
  9. jeu de paume
  10. jeu de taquin
  11. jeu de taquin equivalent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jeté (page history and authors); jete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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