pirouette

See also Pirouette

English

WOTD - 6 February 2007    

Etymology

French pirouette

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌpɪ.ɹuˈɛt/, SAMPA: /%pI.ru"Et/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

pirouette (plural pirouettes)

1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.
2. The whirling about of a horse.

Translations

whirling or turning on the toes

Finnish: piruetti (fi) Polish: piruet (pl) m.

Russian: пируэт (ru) (piruét) m.

the whirling about of a horse

Finnish: piruetti (fi)

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German: Pirouette f.

Swedish: piruett c. (1, 2)

Verb

pirouette (third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted)

1. (intransitive) To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

     [...] I came down like a sack of coals. The pulse was rapid, the blood pressure high, and for awhile the Blue Room pirouetted about me like an adagio dancer.

Translations

to perform a pirouette

Finnish: tehdä piruetti

Polish: zakręcić piruet

External links

• Glossary of ballet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Glossary of ballet
• Pirouette (dressage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pirouette (dressage)

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French

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Noun

pirouette f. (plural pirouettes)

1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
2. (sports, equestrians) A whirling volt movement made by a horse.

External links

• Vocabulaire de la danse classique on the French Wikipedia.fr.Wikipedia:Vocabulaire de la danse classique