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pirouettes

pirouettes is the plural of pirouette.

pirouettes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pirouette.

Meaning of pirouette

Noun

pirouette (plural pirouettes)

  1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.
    • […]like what?—like the most beautiful pirouette by [Marie] Taglioni, let us say.1846, Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; W. M. Thackeray], Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo […] , London: Chapman and Hall
  2. The whirling about of a horse.
  3. A wooden mouthpiece assembly or lip rest used in some European double-reed instruments.

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Questions about pirouettes

What is pirouettes the plural of?
Pirouettes is the plural of pirouette.

Words near pirouettes in the dictionary

  1. pirots
  2. pirouette
  3. pirouetted
  4. pirouetter
  5. pirouetters
  6. pirouettes
  7. pirouetting
  8. pirouettings
  9. pirouettist
  10. pirouettists
  11. Pirouzfar

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