jeté

[ zhuh-tey ]

/ ʒəˈteɪ /

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noun, plural je·tés

[zhuh-teyz; French zhuh-tey]. /ʒəˈteɪz; French ʒəˈteɪ/. Ballet.

a jump forward, backward, or to the side, from one foot to the other.

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Origin of jeté

1820–30; <French: literally, thrown, past participle of jeter to throw; see jet¹

Words nearby jeté

jetbead, jet-black, jet boat, jetborne, jet condenser, jeté, jet-enamelled ware, jet engine, jetfighter, jetfoil, jet gun

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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 Maugham
I had seen him once or twice before, in the street and on the Jete.
The Law Inevitable|Louis Couperus
In the afternoon she drove out, alighted at the Jete, paid her visits.
The Law Inevitable|Louis Couperus
Elle 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 Brodhead

Thus 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

jeté

/ (ʒəˈteɪ) /

noun

ballet a step in which the dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other

Word Origin for jeté

French, literally: thrown, from jeter; see jet 1

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