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échappée

American

[ey-sha-pey, ey-shap-ey, ey-sha-pey] / ˌeɪ ʃæˈpeɪ, eɪˈʃæp eɪ, eɪ ʃaˈpeɪ /

noun

Music.

a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and proceeding by a skip.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

échappées

plural

Etymology

Origin of échappée

< French: literally, escaped (feminine past participle of échapper ). See escape

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