pir·ou·ette

(pĭr′o͞o-ĕt′)

A full turn of the body on the point of the toe or the ball of the foot in ballet.

intr.v. pir·ou·et·ted, pir·ou·et·ting, pir·ou·ettes

To execute a pirouette.

[French, from Old French pirouet, spinning top.]

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pirouette

(ˌpɪrʊˈɛt)

(Dancing) a body spin, esp in dancing, on the toes or the ball of the foot

(Dancing) (intr) to perform a pirouette

[C18: from French, from Old French pirouet spinning top; related to Italian pirolo little peg]

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pir•ou•ette

(ˌpɪr uˈɛt)

n., v. -et•ted, -et•ting. n.

1. a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.

v.i.

2. to perform a pirouette.

[1700–10; < French: a whirl, top, feminine of Middle French pirouet=pirou- (c. Italian pirolo, diminutive of piro peg) + -et -et]

pirouette

Past participle: pirouetted
Gerund: pirouetting

Imperative
pirouette
pirouette

Present
I pirouette
you pirouette
he/she/it pirouettes
we pirouette
you pirouette
they pirouette

Preterite
I pirouetted
you pirouetted
he/she/it pirouetted
we pirouetted
you pirouetted
they pirouetted

Present Continuous
I am pirouetting
you are pirouetting
he/she/it is pirouetting
we are pirouetting
you are pirouetting
they are pirouetting

Present Perfect
I have pirouetted
you have pirouetted
he/she/it has pirouetted
we have pirouetted
you have pirouetted
they have pirouetted

Past Continuous
I was pirouetting
you were pirouetting
he/she/it was pirouetting
we were pirouetting
you were pirouetting
they were pirouetting

Past Perfect
I had pirouetted
you had pirouetted
he/she/it had pirouetted
we had pirouetted
you had pirouetted
they had pirouetted

Future
I will pirouette
you will pirouette
he/she/it will pirouette
we will pirouette
you will pirouette
they will pirouette

Future Perfect
I will have pirouetted
you will have pirouetted
he/she/it will have pirouetted
we will have pirouetted
you will have pirouetted
they will have pirouetted

Future Continuous
I will be pirouetting
you will be pirouetting
he/she/it will be pirouetting
we will be pirouetting
you will be pirouetting
they will be pirouetting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pirouetting
you have been pirouetting
he/she/it has been pirouetting
we have been pirouetting
you have been pirouetting
they have been pirouetting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pirouetting
you will have been pirouetting
he/she/it will have been pirouetting
we will have been pirouetting
you will have been pirouetting
they will have been pirouetting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pirouetting
you had been pirouetting
he/she/it had been pirouetting
we had been pirouetting
you had been pirouetting
they had been pirouetting

Conditional
I would pirouette
you would pirouette
he/she/it would pirouette
we would pirouette
you would pirouette
they would pirouette

Past Conditional
I would have pirouetted
you would have pirouetted
he/she/it would have pirouetted
we would have pirouetted
you would have pirouetted
they would have pirouetted

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pirouette

A turn on one foot propelled by swing of the arm.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	pirouette - (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) spin, twirl, twisting, whirl, twist - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
Verb	1.	pirouette - do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance pivot, swivel - turn on a pivot

pirouette

noun spin, turn, whirl, pivot, twirl a ballerina famous for her pirouettes

verb spin, turn, whirl, pivot, twirl She pirouetted in front of the mirror.

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Translations

دَوران الرّاقِص على أطراف أصابِع القَدَميَدور على أطراف أصابِع القَدَم

piruetatančit piruetu

piruetpiruettere

Pirouette pirouettieren

piruetti

pirouette

piruettpiruettezik

hringsnúningursnúast í hring

piroetta piroettare

daryti piruetuspiruetas

griezt piruetipiruete

gjøre piruetter piruett

пируэт

piruetaurobiť/zatancovať piruetu

ayak ucuna basarak dönmeayak ucuna basarak dönmek

用脚尖立地旋转芭蕾舞中以脚尖立地快速旋转

pirouette

[ˌpɪrʊˈet]

A. N → pirueta f

B. VI → piruetear

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pirouette

[ˌpɪruˈɛt]

n → pirouette f

vi → faire une or des pirouette(s)

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pirouette

n → Pirouette f

vi → Pirouetten drehen, pirouettieren

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pirouette

[ˌpɪrʊˈɛt]

1. n → piroetta

2. vi → piroettare

pirouette

(piruˈet) noun

a dancer's quick turning movement. The ballerina did/danced a pirouette.

verb

to do one or a series of these movements. She pirouetted across the stage.

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As Mrs Vincent Crummles recrossed back to the table, there bounded on to the stage from some mysterious inlet, a little girl in a dirty white frock with tucks up to the knees, short trousers, sandaled shoes, white spencer, pink gauze bonnet, green veil and curl papers; who turned a pirouette, cut twice in the air, turned another pirouette, then, looking off at the opposite wing, shrieked, bounded forward to within six inches of the footlights, and fell into a beautiful attitude of terror, as a shabby gentleman in an old pair of buff slippers came in at one powerful slide, and chattering his teeth, fiercely brandished a walking-stick.

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Skidder's door as he was red-inking a stage direction for Myrtle Delorme (Miss Leeson) in his (unaccepted) comedy, to "pirouette across stage from L to the side of the Count." Up the carpeted ladder she crawled at last and opened the door of the skylight room.

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Nay, it was afterwards affirmed by a witness who shall at present be nameless, that in the seclusion of the Bower he poked out his wooden leg, in the stage-ballet manner, and executed a taunting or triumphant pirouette on the genuine leg remaining to him.

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The good people of the borough had scarcely a chance, however, to get their eyes thoroughly open, when, just as it wanted half a minute of noon, the rascal bounced, as I say, right into the midst of them; gave a chassez here, and a balancez there; and then, after a pirouette and a pas-de-zephyr, pigeon-winged himself right up into the belfry of the House of the Town Council, where the wonder-stricken belfry-man sat smoking in a state of dignity and dismay.

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"Ah!" said she, "'tis that villanous man!" Then, thrusting her under lip out beyond the upper, she made a little pout, which appeared to be familiar to her, executed a pirouette on her heel, and set about collecting in her tambourine the gifts of the multitude.

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Darling, who would pirouette so wildly that all you could see of her was the kiss, and then if you had dashed at her you might have got it.

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The little imps danced and leaped; and then one separated itself from the crowd, to grow bigger than, the rest, to pirouette more energetically.

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At last they paused, and a beautiful young woman sprang out of the ranks and began to pirouette in front of us with a grace and vigour which would have put most ballet girls to shame.

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But the Emperor's friend covered himself with glory, for he danced everything, whether he knew it or not, and introduced impromptu pirouettes when the figures bewildered him.

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Mesdemoiselles Noblet, Julie, and Leroux executed the customary pirouettes; Robert duly challenged the Prince of Granada; and the royal father of the princess Isabella, taking his daughter by the hand, swept round the stage with majestic strides, the better to display the rich folds of his velvet robe and mantle.

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But representatives of Pirouette here said the suspects were not authorized to collect bets for the firm's operations.

Cops nab 8 illegal bet collectors in Quezon

The purpose of this study was to investigate the vertical angular momentum generation strategies used by skilled ballet dancers in pirouette en dehors.

Kim J, Wilson MA, Singhal K, Gamblin S, Suh CY, Kwon YH: Generation of vertical angular momentum in single, double, and triple-turn pirouette en dehors in ballet