piruett

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pirouette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiruɛtː]
• Rhymes: -ɛtː
• Hyphenation: pi‧ru‧ett

Noun

piruett (plural piruettek)

1. pirouette (a whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet)
2. pirouette (the whirling about of a horse)
3. pirouette (a wooden mouthpiece assembly or lip rest used in some European double-reed instruments)

   Synonym: ajaktámasz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	piruett	piruettek
accusative	piruettet	piruetteket
dative	piruettnek	piruetteknek
instrumental	piruettel	piruettekkel
causal-final	piruettért	piruettekért
translative	piruetté	piruettekké
terminative	piruettig	piruettekig
essive-formal	piruettként	piruettekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	piruettben	piruettekben
superessive	piruetten	piruetteken
adessive	piruettnél	piruetteknél
illative	piruettbe	piruettekbe
sublative	piruettre	piruettekre
allative	piruetthez	piruettekhez
elative	piruettből	piruettekből
delative	piruettről	piruettekről
ablative	piruettől	piruettektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	piruetté	piruetteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	piruettéi	piruettekéi

Possessive forms of piruett

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	piruettem	piruettjeim
2nd person sing.	piruetted	piruettjeid
3rd person sing.	piruettje	piruettjei
1st person plural	piruettünk	piruettjeink
2nd person plural	piruettetek	piruettjeitek
3rd person plural	piruettjük	piruettjeik

Derived terms

• piruettes
• piruettezik

Further reading

• piruett in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Swedish

Etymology

French pirouette

Pronunciation

• /pɪrʉˈɛtː/

Noun

piruett c

1. a pirouette; a whirling or turning on the toes while dancing
2. a sudden movement similar to the dance maneuver
3. a rhetorical feint
4. a pirouette; a horse dressage move

Declension

Declension of piruett

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	piruett	piruetts
	definite	piruetten	piruettens
plural	indefinite	piruetter	piruetters
	definite	piruetterna	piruetternas

References

• “piruett”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “piruett”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “piruett”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)