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échappée

[ ey-sha-pey, ey-shap-ey; French ey-sha-pey ]

noun

, Music.
, plural é·chap·pées [ey-sha-, peyz, ey-, shap, -eyz, ey-sh, a, -, pey],
  1. a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and proceeding by a skip.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of échappée1

< French: literally, escaped (feminine past participle of échapper ). See escape

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