fouetté
[ fwe-tey ]
/ fwɛˈteɪ /
noun, plural fouet·tés [fwe-teyz; French fwe-tey] /fwɛˈteɪz; French fwɛˈteɪ/. Ballet.
a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
Origin of fouetté
1820–30; < French, past participle of
fouetter to whip
Words nearby fouetté
foucault current,
foucault pendulum,
foucquet,
foudre,
foudroyant,
fouetté,
fought,
foujita,
foul,
foul ball,
foul line
British Dictionary definitions for fouette
fouetté
/ French (fwete) /
noun
a step in ballet in which the dancer stands on one foot and makes a whiplike movement with the other
Word Origin for fouetté
C19: French, past participle of
fouetter to whip, from
fouet a whip