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soubresaut

/ˌsuːbɹəˈsəʊ/

soubresaut noun: a sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.

Noun

soubresaut (plural soubresauts)

  1. (ballet) A sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.
    • She took to the air so naturally that it made you feel, retrospectively, that this had always been her destiny from her entrance in Act I. Springing up from both feet while keeping those feet together (in soubresauts), she drove the audience —— which had been in a tizzy of excitement all along ——...2009 June 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Natural Liftoff and Intense Inner Life for a Daughter of the Air”, in New York Times

Forms of soubresaut

pluralsoubresauts

Origin of soubresaut

Borrowed from French soubresaut, itself an obsolete form of sursaut. Doublet of somersault.

Questions about soubresaut

What does soubresaut mean?
Soubresaut means a sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.
What part of speech is soubresaut?
Soubresaut is a noun.
How do you pronounce soubresaut?
Soubresaut is pronounced /ˌsuːbɹəˈsəʊ/.
What is the plural of soubresaut?
The plural of soubresaut is soubresauts.

Words near soubresaut in the dictionary

  1. soubedar
  2. soubedars
  3. Soubeyran
  4. soubise
  5. soubises
  6. soubresaut
  7. soubresauts
  8. soubrette
  9. soubrettes
  10. soubrettish
  11. soubriquet

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