gargouillade

English

Etymology

From French gargouillade, from gargouiller (“to bubble”).

Noun

gargouillade (plural gargouillades)

1. (ballet) A complex balletic step, defined differently for different schools but generally involving a double rond de jambe
   • 2009, January 24, “Alastair Macaulay”, in A Young, Lively Crew From Florida Steps Up and Takes Flight‎^[1]:

     […] Ms. Ashley didn’t trump that of the role’s originator, Patricia Wilde (whose gargouillades — the sideways jumps where the feet write rings in the air — are still recalled in awe).

References

• "Gargouillade" in Gail Grant, 1982, Technical Dictionary of Classical Ballet, pages 58-59.[2]

French

Etymology

From gargouiller (“to gurgle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jad/

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Noun

gargouillade f (plural gargouillades)

1. (ballet) gargouillade

Further reading

• “gargouillade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.