Meanings
nounpas de trois (plural pas de trois)
alternative pas-de-trois
- danceA dance performed by three dancers.
Origin
- Frenchpas de trois
- Englishpas de trois
Borrowed from French pas de trois (literally “step of three”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pas de trois
- pas de troisdance performed by three dancers
Russian па-де-труа
- па-де-труа (pa-dɛ-trua)dance performed by three dancers
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