tombé

[ tom-bey; French tawn-bey ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural tom·bés [tom-, beyz, taw, n, -, bey].

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tombé¹

< French: fallen, past participle of tomber to fall

Example Sentences

One of the highest profile deaths was of 27-year-old Terrence Tombe, who was asleep in his tent off the side of Interstate 205 about 3 a.m. one morning when a driver plowed into it, killing him.

From Seattle Times

Canada will have enough vaccines to reach that 75%/20% vaccination threshold by June 21, said Trevor Tombe, an economic professor at the University of Calgary who tracks scheduled deliveries of vaccines.

From Reuters

However, the supply will then need to be distributed and administered, and two weeks should pass to allow immunity from the first shots to take effect, so Canada could reach that goal in mid-July, Tombe said.

From Reuters

Tombe said the provincial government could also do more by retraining those who lost lucrative oil jobs.

From Reuters

To be sure, Alberta still has Canada’s strongest provincial economy by most measures - it is just not as robust as it once was, said Trevor Tombe, associate professor of economics at University of Calgary.

From Reuters