developpé

[ dih-vel-uh-pey; French devuh-law-pey ]
noun,plural de·vel·op·pés [dih-vel-uh-peyz; French devuh-law-pey]. /dɪˌvɛl əˈpeɪz; French dɛvə lɔˈpeɪ/.

  1. a movement in ballet in which the free leg is drawn up beside the working leg and then extended into the air.

Origin of developpé

1
1910–15; <French, past participle of développer to develop

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