"pirouette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌpi.ruˈɛ.tə/ Audio: Nl-pirouette.ogg Forms: pirouettes [plural], pirouetten [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtə Etymology: Borrowed from French pirouette, see there for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|fr|pirouette}} French pirouette Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-s|-|pl2=-en}} pirouette f (plural pirouettes or pirouetten)
  1. pirouette Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pirouette-nl-noun-HjvjnzQW Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɪ.ɹʊˈɛt/ [UK], /ˌpɪ.ɹuːˈɛt/ [UK], /ˌpɪ.ɹəˈwɛt/ [US], /ˌpɪ.ɹuːˈɛt/ [US] Audio: en-us-pirouette.ogg [US] Forms: pirouettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French pirouette, see there for more; attested since 1706. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|pirouette}} French pirouette Head templates: {{en-noun}} pirouette (plural pirouettes)
  1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet. Categories (topical): Ballet Translations (whirling or turning on the toes): պիրուետ (piruet) (Armenian), ոտնապտույտ (otnaptuyt) (Armenian), пирует (piruet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), piruet [common-gender] (Danish), piruetti (Finnish), pirouette [feminine] (French), Pirouette [feminine] (German), 피루엣 (piruet) (Korean), huri hīteki (Maori), piruett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), piruett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piruet [masculine] (Polish), pirueta [feminine] (Portuguese), piruetă [feminine] (Romanian), пируэ́т (piruét) [masculine] (Russian), piruett [common-gender] (Swedish), dönüş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pirouette-en-noun--lBKxdJc Disambiguation of Ballet: 71 4 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 4 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 5 18 Disambiguation of 'whirling or turning on the toes': 93 7
  2. The whirling about of a horse. Translations (the whirling about of a horse): piruet [common-gender] (Danish), piruetti (Finnish), piruett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), piruett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piruet [masculine] (Polish), pirueta [feminine] (Portuguese), piruett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pirouette-en-noun-v-lHJTp- Disambiguation of 'the whirling about of a horse': 5 95

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌpɪ.ɹʊˈɛt/ [UK], /ˌpɪ.ɹuːˈɛt/ [UK], /ˌpɪ.ɹəˈwɛt/ [US], /ˌpɪ.ɹuːˈɛt/ [US] Audio: en-us-pirouette.ogg [US] Forms: pirouettes [present, singular, third-person], pirouetting [participle, present], pirouetted [participle, past], pirouetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French pirouette, see there for more; attested since 1706. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|pirouette}} French pirouette Head templates: {{en-verb}} pirouette (third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted)
  1. (intransitive) To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer. Tags: intransitive Translations (to perform a pirouette): tehdä piruetti (Finnish), zakręcić piruet (Polish), fazer pirueta (uma) (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-pirouette-en-verb-Se4Hgu0j

Noun [French]

IPA: /pi.ʁwɛt/ Audio: Fr-pirouette.ogg Forms: pirouettes [plural]
Etymology: From a Gallo-Roman root *pir- („peg, plug“, hence Italian piruolo (“peg top”)) and -ette (diminutive suffix). The word originally meant a “spinning top” (15th century). Etymology templates: {{cog|it|piruolo||peg top}} Italian piruolo (“peg top”), {{m|fr|-ette}} -ette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pirouette f (plural pirouettes)
  1. a whirling or turning on the toes in dancing Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Ballet
    Sense id: en-pirouette-fr-noun-paI-jUcE Disambiguation of Ballet: 32 24 24 19 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 15 34 17
  2. (sports, equestrians) a whirling volt movement made by a horse Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-pirouette-fr-noun-lnw2WVjC Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 15 34 17 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pirouetter
Etymology number: 1

Verb [French]

IPA: /pi.ʁwɛt/ Audio: Fr-pirouette.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} pirouette
  1. inflection of pirouetter:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-pirouette-fr-verb-YiuZzGqW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 15 34 17
  2. inflection of pirouetter:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-pirouette-fr-verb-3yRRjVga Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 15 34 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pirouette meaning in All languages combined (13.5kB)

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      "sense": "whirling or turning on the toes",
      "word": "피루엣"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "whirling or turning on the toes",
      "word": "huri hīteki"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "dönüş"
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          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to perform a pirouette",
      "word": "tehdä piruetti"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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            "bor": "1"
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            "2": "piroetta",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "piruet",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "пируэ́т",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "4": "peg top"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian piruolo (“peg top”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-ette"
      },
      "expansion": "-ette",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a Gallo-Roman root *pir- („peg, plug“, hence Italian piruolo (“peg top”)) and -ette (diminutive suffix). The word originally meant a “spinning top” (15th century).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a whirling or turning on the toes in dancing"
      ],
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        [
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          "whirling"
        ],
        [
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          "turning"
        ],
        [
          "toe",
          "toe"
        ],
        [
          "dancing",
          "dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a whirling volt movement made by a horse"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "volt",
          "volt"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
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        "(sports, equestrians) a whirling volt movement made by a horse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/pi.ʁwɛt/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-pirouette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Fr-pirouette.ogg/Fr-pirouette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fr-pirouette.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pirouette"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French verb forms",
    "fr:Ballet"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "pirouette",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of pirouetter:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pirouetter",
          "pirouetter#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of pirouetter:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pirouetter",
          "pirouetter#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pi.ʁwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pirouette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Fr-pirouette.ogg/Fr-pirouette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fr-pirouette.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pirouette"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: sports, equestrians",
  "path": [
    "pirouette"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pirouette",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: sports, equestrians",
  "path": [
    "pirouette"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pirouette",
  "trace": ""
}

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