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grand jeté

[ French grahn zhuh-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.
, plural grands je·tés [g, r, ah, n, zh, uh, -, tey].
  1. a jump or jeté, preceded by a grand battement or high kick, in which a dancer leaps from one leg and lands on the other.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grand jeté1

Borrowed into English from French around 1925–30

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