Battement Definition

bătmənt, bătə-mäɴ
noun
In dance, a kicking movement done with a lifted leg.
American Heritage
Any of various movements in which one leg is extended away from the body and then brought back toward the other leg.
Webster's New World
(ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Battement

Noun

Singular:
battement
Plural:
battements

Origin of Battement

  • French action of beating, battement from Old French action of beating from batre to beat batter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French battement.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

BBABAT

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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