Etymology

tombé

Today it means: A movement in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other while flexing the knee. Full definition →

French tombé
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  1. French · borrowed fromtombé
  2. French · borrowed fromtombé
  3. English todaytombé

Borrowed from French tombé.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.