pirouette

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English[edit]

WOTD – 6 February 2007    

Etymology[edit]

From French pirouette.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pirouette (plural pirouettes)

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

Translations[edit]

whirling or turning on the toes
the whirling about of a horse
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Verb[edit]

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[edit]

to perform a pirouette

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of pirouelle, perhaps after girouette.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Verb[edit]

pirouette

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pirouetter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of pirouetter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of pirouetter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of pirouetter
  5. second-person singular imperative of pirouetter

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