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developpé

American

[dih-vel-uh-pey, dev^uh-law-pey] / dɪˌvɛl əˈpeɪ, dɛvə lɔˈpeɪ /

noun

a movement in ballet in which the free leg is drawn up beside the working leg and then extended into the air.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

developpés

plural

Etymology

Origin of developpé

1910–15; < French, past participle of développer to develop

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