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tour jeté
[ French toor zhuh-tey ]
noun
, Ballet.
, plural tours je·tés [too, r, zh, uh, -, tey].
- a movement in which the dancer leaps from one foot, makes a half turn in the air, and lands on the other foot.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tour jeté1
< French: literally, flung turn
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