entrechat
[ French ahn-truh-sha ]
/ French ɑ̃ trəˈʃa /
noun, plural en·tre·chats [French ahn-truh-sha] /French ɑ̃ trəˈʃa/. Ballet.
a jump in which the dancer crosses the feet a number of times while in the air.
Words nearby entrechat
entre nous,
entre-deux-mers,
entreasure,
entreat,
entreaty,
entrechat,
entrecôte,
entrelac,
entremets,
entrench,
entrenchment
Example sentences from the Web for entrechat
But the curtain rose on the ballet, and the first entrechat electrified them.
She was past-mistress of the entrechat and other mysteries of the ballet academy.
Interpreters |Carl Van Vechten
British Dictionary definitions for entrechat
entrechat
/ (French ɑ̃trəʃa) /
noun
a leap in ballet during which the dancer repeatedly crosses his feet or beats them together
Word Origin for entrechat
C18: from French, from earlier
entrechase, changed by folk etymology from Italian (
capriola)
intrecciata, literally: entwined (caper), from
intrecciare to interlace, from
in- ² +
treccia
tress