pas seul

[ French pah sœl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Ballet.

, plural pas seuls [pah , sœl].

pas seul

/ pɑ sœl /

1805–15; < French: literally, solo step

French, literally: step on one's own

The wall is not meant for me to hold up, and if no one will ask me to dance, I'll get out and do a pas seul!

Take care that your face does not express more anxiety for the success of your pas seul than joy at greeting your friend.

In the next plate Flora is deploring the absence of her Zephyr, who has left her an opportunity to execute a pas seul.

Angèle kicked up a dainty foot in a preliminary pas seul, but Evelyn stopped her unceremoniously.

On several occasions I have observed them perform a kind of dance, a pas seul, for each rotifer would be alone by itself.

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