assemblé
[ French a-sahn-bley ]
/ French a sɑ̃ˈbleɪ /
noun, plural as·sem·blés [French a-sahn-bley] /French a sɑ̃ˈbleɪ/. Ballet.
a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together.
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Origin of assemblé
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British Dictionary definitions for assemblé (1 of 2)
assemblé
/ French (asɑ̃ble) /
noun
ballet a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing
Word Origin for assemblé
literally: brought together
British Dictionary definitions for assemblé (2 of 2)
assemble
/ (əˈsɛmbəl) /
verb
to come or bring together; collect or congregate
to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine)to assemble the parts of a kit
to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language
Word Origin for assemble
C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together
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Word Origin and History for assemblé
assemble
earlly 14c., transitive and intransitive, from Old French assembler "come together, join, unite; gather" (11c.), from Latin assimulare "to make like, liken, compare; copy, imitate; feign, pretend," later "to gather together," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + simulare "to make like" (see simulation). In Middle English and in Old French it also was a euphemism for "to couple sexually." Meaning "to put parts together" in manufacturing is from 1852. Related: Assembled; assembling. Assemble together is redundant.
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