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soubresauts

soubresauts is the plural of soubresaut.

Meaning of soubresaut

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

Questions about soubresauts

What is soubresauts the plural of?
Soubresauts is the plural of soubresaut.

Words near soubresauts in the dictionary

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

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