Definitions for entrechat

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entrechat en·tre·chat

Spelling: [French ahn-truh-sh Entrechat is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 396 anagrams from letters in entrechat (aceehnrtt).

Definitions for entrechat

noun

1. a jump in which the dancer crosses the feet a number of times while in the air.

Origin of entrechat

1765-75; French, alteration of Italian (capriola) intrecciata intwined (caper), equivalent to in- in-² + trecci- tress + -ata

Examples for entrechat

But the curtain rose on the ballet, and the first entrechat electrified them.

She was past-mistress of the entrechat and other mysteries of the ballet academy.