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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

changement

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃɐ̃ʒɐˈmẽtu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Changement/ʃɑ̃ʒ.mɑ̃/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O bailarino praticou o changement."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A ballet jump in which the dancer springs into the air and changes the position of the feet before landing.

    "The ballerina executed a series of flawless changements across the stage."
  2. 2

    General alteration, substitution, or change in a specific artistic or technical context.

    "The score required a subtle changement in tempo during the second movement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'changier' (to change), rooted in the Late Latin 'cambiare', meaning to exchange or barter. Historically adopted into ballet terminology in the 18th century to describe a specific foot-changing jump.

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