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tour jeté

[ French toor zhuh-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.
, plural tours je·tés [too, r, zh, uh, -, tey].
  1. 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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