échappé in American English
(ˌeiʃæˈpei, eiˈʃæpei, French eiʃaˈpei)
nounWord forms: plural échappés (ˌeiʃæˈpeiz, eiˈʃæpeiz, French eiʃaˈpei)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
Word origin
[‹ F, ptp. of
échapper to
escape]