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sis⋅sonne

[si-son, -sohn; Fr. see-sawn]
–noun, plural -sonnes [-sonz, -sohnz; Fr. -sawn] . Ballet.
a jump in which the dancer lands on one foot, with the other extended to the back, front, or side.

Origin:
1700–10; named after the Comte de Sissonne, 17th-century French noble, said to have invented it
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