Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

pas marché

American

[pah mar-shey] / pɑ marˈʃeɪ /

noun

Ballet.

a marching step.
a walking step in which the turned-out pointed toe reaches the ground first, then the heel is lowered before the weight is transferred to the whole foot on the ground.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

pas marchés

plural

Etymology

Origin of pas marché

< French: literally, marching step

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.