jeté
a jump forward, backward, or to the side, from one foot to the other.
Origin of jeté
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How to use jeté in a sentence
Mrs. Mayston Ryle was there in a wonderful jete-black wig, and a voluminous dress of violet silk.
Mrs. Craddock | W. Somerset MaughamI had seen him once or twice before, in the street and on the Jete.
The Law Inevitable | Louis CouperusIn the afternoon she drove out, alighted at the Jete, paid her visits.
The Law Inevitable | Louis CouperusElle naura ni cesse ni rpit, quelle ne lait jete bas, quelle nen ait sem les poussires au vent.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906 | Jane Milliken Napier BrodheadThus standing at death's portals, Frederick wrote his most beautiful poem, called "Ami le sort en est jete'."
Frederick The Great and His Family | L. Muhlbach
British Dictionary definitions for jeté
/ (ʒəˈteɪ) /
ballet a step in which the dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other
Origin of jeté
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