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échappé

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

noun

, plural é·chap·pés [ey-sha-, peyz, ey-, shap, -eyz, ey-sh, a, -, pey].
  1. a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of échappé1

< French, past participle of échapper to escape

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Example Sentences

A few hours afterward the luckless échappé was safely lodged at the Conciergerie.

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