entrechat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French entrechat, from Italian (capriola) intrecciata (“interlaced jump”), from in- + treccia (“plait”).
Noun[edit]
entrechat (plural entrechats)
- (dance) A manoeuvre whereby the performer jumps up and strikes the heels together a number of times.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian intrecciato, past participle of intrecciare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
entrechat m (plural entrechats)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: entrechat
Further reading[edit]
- “entrechat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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