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pas seul

[ French pah -sœl ]
/ French pɑ ˈsœl /

noun, plural pas seuls [French pah -sœl]. /French pɑ ˈsœl/. Ballet.

a dance performed by one person; dance solo.

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Origin of pas seul

1805–15; <French: literally, solo step

Words nearby pas seul

passepied, passer, passerby, passeriform, passerine, pas seul, pass-fail, pass for, passible, passifloraceous, passim
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Example sentences from the Web for pas seul

  • The butler and the first man seized the Major by the arms, and the three executed a kind of pas-seul.

    The Carpet from Bagdad|Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for pas seul

pas seul
/ (French pɑ sœl) /

noun plural pas seuls (French pɑ sœl)

a dance sequence for one person

Word Origin for pas seul

French, literally: step on one's own
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