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échappé

American  
[ey-sha-pey, ey-shap-ey, ey-sha-pey] / ˌeɪ ʃæˈpeɪ, eɪˈʃæp eɪ, eɪ ʃaˈpeɪ /

noun

plural

échappés
  1. a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.


Etymology

Origin of échappé

< French, past participle of échapper to escape

Example Sentences

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The monotonous push and pull of the choreography grew tedious, as did the repetitive footwork that seemed to live by a rule: when in doubt, add an échappé.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2014

Je tiens infiniment à recueillir tout ce qui a échappé à ce grand coeur et à cette vaillante plume, et je commence un travail qui ne sera sans doute complet que dans quelques années.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox

A few hours afterward the luckless échappé was safely lodged at the Conciergerie.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Si vous me permettez d'ajouter un seul mot qui vous prouvera que je l'ai lu avec attention, je vous signalerai un lapsus calami qui vous a échappé.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox

J'ai échappé sans doute à un grave danger, j'ai même eu peur de perdre la raison; mais tout cela est passé; je suis calme et quoique faible encore—plus fort.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert