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emboîté

American

[ahn-bwa-tey] / ɑ̃ bwaˈteɪ /

noun

Ballet.

a step, performed in series, in which the dancer stands on the toes with legs together and then springs up, swinging one foot out and around to the front of the other.

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Noun Inflected Forms

emboîtés

plural

Etymology

Origin of emboîté

< French: literally, boxed in, past participle of emboîter; see em- ¹, boîte

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