🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

タン・レヴェ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tan reve

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Temps levé/tɑ̃ lə.ve/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"バレエダンサーが美しいタン・レヴェを跳んだ。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A classical ballet step in which a dancer springs upward from one foot and lands on the same foot, with the other foot held in a specific position such as cou-de-pied.

    "The choreography required a series of crisp temps levés across the diagonal of the stage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed directly from French, meaning literally 'time raised'. The term originated in 18th-century classical ballet terminology to describe a specific hopping or jumping movement executed on one foot.

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