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tombé

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tom⋅bé

[tom-bey; Fr. tawn-bey]
–noun, plural -bés [-beyz; Fr. -bey] . Ballet.
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.

Origin:
< F: fallen, ptp. of tomber to fall
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