tombé

From French tombé.

tombé (plural tombés)

1. (ballet) A movement in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other while flexing the knee.

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tombé (feminine tombée, masculine plural tombés, feminine plural tombées)

1. past participle of tomber

• “tombé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French tomber (“to fall”), compare Haitian Creole tonbe.

tombé

1. to fall

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

From Old French tomblel.

tombé m (plural tombieaux)

1. (Jersey) gravestone