pas seul

[French pah sœl]

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

a dance performed by one person; dance solo.

Origin of pas seul

1805–15; < French: literally, solo step

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Historical Examples of 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

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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