échappé

[ ey-sha-pey, ey-shap-ey; French ey-sha-pey ]

noun

, plural é·chap·pés [ey-sha-, peyz, ey-, shap, -eyz, ey-sh, a, -, pey].

1. a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.

Word History and Origins

Origin of échappé¹

< French, past participle of échapper to escape