tombé

American

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

noun

Ballet.

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.

< French: fallen, past participle of tomber to fall

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

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

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