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sissonne

sissonne noun: a jump starting with two feet on the ground and ending with only one.

Noun

sissonne (plural sissonnes)

  1. (ballet) A jump starting with two feet on the ground and ending with only one.
    • The pairs of backward-diagonal traveling sissonnes (jumps from two legs to one) are another motif so accentuated as to become irresistible.2008 May 12, Alastair Macaulay, “City Ballet’s Itinerary: Robbins and Beyond”, in New York Times

Forms of sissonne

pluralsissonnes

Origin of sissonne

French

Questions about sissonne

What does sissonne mean?
Sissonne means a jump starting with two feet on the ground and ending with only one.
What part of speech is sissonne?
Sissonne is a noun.
What is the plural of sissonne?
The plural of sissonne is sissonnes.

Words near sissonne in the dictionary

  1. sissles
  2. sissling
  3. Sissom
  4. Sissoms
  5. Sisson
  6. sissonne
  7. sissonnes
  8. Sissons
  9. sissoo
  10. sissoo spinach
  11. sissoos

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