tombé

American  

[tom-bey, tawn-bey] / tɒmˈbeɪ, tɔ̃ˈbeɪ /

noun

Ballet.

• tombés
  plural

1. a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tombés
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tombé

< French: fallen, past participle of tomber to fall

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tombé

"Ainsi je suis bien tombé, general," said I, punning upon my accident.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

"Il est tombé du haut mal"—"He died of the falling sickness."

From The Martian by George Du Maurier

“Te-hua––you?” he half whispered, but in Te-hua words she could not answer him––only begged rapidly in Navahu for protection––and motioned with fear towards the villages where the tombé was sounding.

From The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan

He could hear the beating of the tombé while yet out of sight of the sentinel on the western wall of the terrace.

From The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan

"Il est tombé du haut mal"—as they expressed it.

From The Martian by George Du Maurier