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Definition of dégagé in English: dégagéadjective deɪˈɡaʒeɪdeɪˈɡɑːʒeɪˌdeɪɡɑˈʒeɪ Unconcerned or unconstrained; relaxed. Example sentencesExamples - Prior to this, Fowler had avoided taking sides at all costs; he was dégagé.
- His manners are graceful and winning in the extreme - quiet, affable and dignified, yet cordial and dégagés.
- Their cool, uncluttered, somewhat dégagé style meshes perfectly with my mood for spring.
- Jean affected a somewhat dégagé manner and a perceptible swagger.
- For fashion folk, there was added frisson in Finney's voluminous white shirt: the lustiness and dégagé elegance of its frills and pleats catching the eye.
noundeɪˈɡaʒeɪdeɪˈɡɑːʒeɪˌdeɪɡɑˈʒeɪ Ballet A movement in which weight is shifted from one foot to the other in preparation for the execution of a step. Example sentencesExamples - Battements dégagés strengthen the toes, develop the instep and improve the flexibility of the ankle joint.
- She describes them as being similar to battements dégagés, but with the working foot striking the supporting leg at the ankle instead of closing into fifth position.
Origin Late 17th century: French, past participle of dégager 'set free'. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of dégagé in US English: dégagéadjectiveˌdeɪɡɑˈʒeɪˌdāɡäˈZHā Unconcerned or unconstrained; relaxed. Example sentencesExamples - Jean affected a somewhat dégagé manner and a perceptible swagger.
- Their cool, uncluttered, somewhat dégagé style meshes perfectly with my mood for spring.
- His manners are graceful and winning in the extreme - quiet, affable and dignified, yet cordial and dégagés.
- Prior to this, Fowler had avoided taking sides at all costs; he was dégagé.
- For fashion folk, there was added frisson in Finney's voluminous white shirt: the lustiness and dégagé elegance of its frills and pleats catching the eye.
nounˌdeɪɡɑˈʒeɪˌdāɡäˈZHā Ballet Pointing of the foot to an open position with an arched instep slightly off the floor. Example sentencesExamples - She describes them as being similar to battements dégagés, but with the working foot striking the supporting leg at the ankle instead of closing into fifth position.
- Battements dégagés strengthen the toes, develop the instep and improve the flexibility of the ankle joint.
Origin Late 17th century: French, past participle of dégager ‘set free’. |