Meaning of "pirouette" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIROUETTE

From French, from Old French pirouet spinning top; related to Italian pirolo little peg.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PIROUETTE

pirouette  [ˌpɪrʊˈɛt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIROUETTE

Pirouette is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pirouette in English.

WHAT DOES PIROUETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Turn (dance and gymnastics)

In dance and gymnastics, a turn is a rotation of the body about the vertical axis. A turn is usually a complete rotation of the body, although quarter and half turns are possible. A turn less than 360° is sometimes called a pivot. Multiple, consecutive turns are typically named according to the number of 360° rotations, e.g. double turn or triple turn.

Definition of pirouette in the English dictionary

The definition of pirouette in the dictionary is a body spin, esp in dancing, on the toes or the ball of the foot. Other definition of pirouette is to perform a pirouette.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PIROUETTE

PRESENT

Present

I pirouette

you pirouette

he/she/it pirouettes

we pirouette

you pirouette

they pirouette

Present continuous

I am pirouetting

you are pirouetting

he/she/it is pirouetting

we are pirouetting

you are pirouetting

they are pirouetting

Present perfect

I have pirouetted

you have pirouetted

he/she/it has pirouetted

we have pirouetted

you have pirouetted

they have pirouetted

Present perfect continuous

I have been pirouetting

you have been pirouetting

he/she/it has been pirouetting

we have been pirouetting

you have been pirouetting

they have been pirouetting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pirouetted

you pirouetted

he/she/it pirouetted

we pirouetted

you pirouetted

they pirouetted

Past continuous

I was pirouetting

you were pirouetting

he/she/it was pirouetting

we were pirouetting

you were pirouetting

they were pirouetting

Past perfect

I had pirouetted

you had pirouetted

he/she/it had pirouetted

we had pirouetted

you had pirouetted

they had pirouetted

Past perfect continuous

I had been pirouetting

you had been pirouetting

he/she/it had been pirouetting

we had been pirouetting

you had been pirouetting

they had been pirouetting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pirouette

you will pirouette

he/she/it will pirouette

we will pirouette

you will pirouette

they will pirouette

Future continuous

I will be pirouetting

you will be pirouetting

he/she/it will be pirouetting

we will be pirouetting

you will be pirouetting

they will be pirouetting

Future perfect

I will have pirouetted

you will have pirouetted

he/she/it will have pirouetted

we will have pirouetted

you will have pirouetted

they will have pirouetted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pirouetting

you will have been pirouetting

he/she/it will have been pirouetting

we will have been pirouetting

you will have been pirouetting

they will have been pirouetting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pirouette

you would pirouette

he/she/it would pirouette

we would pirouette

you would pirouette

they would pirouette

Conditional continuous

I would be pirouetting

you would be pirouetting

he/she/it would be pirouetting

we would be pirouetting

you would be pirouetting

they would be pirouetting

Conditional perfect

I would have pirouette

you would have pirouette

he/she/it would have pirouette

we would have pirouette

you would have pirouette

they would have pirouette

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pirouetting

you would have been pirouetting

he/she/it would have been pirouetting

we would have been pirouetting

you would have been pirouetting

they would have been pirouetting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pirouette
we let´s pirouette
you pirouette

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pirouette

Past participle

pirouetted

Present Participle

pirouetting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PIROUETTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pirouette» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pirouette

pivot · spin · turn · twirl · whirl

TRANSLATION OF PIROUETTE

Find out the translation of pirouette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pirouette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pirouette» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 回旋
• Translator English - Spanish: pirueta
• English: pirouette
• Translator English - Hindi: पिरुएट
• Translator English - Arabic: الدوران
• Translator English - Russian: пируэт
• Translator English - Portuguese: pirueta
• Translator English - Bengali: নাচের সময় একপায়ে বা এক পায়ের আঙ্গুলে ভর দিয়া ঘুরপাক
• Translator English - French: pirouette
• Translator English - Malay: Pirouette
• Translator English - German: Pirouette
• Translator English - Japanese: ピルエット
• Translator English - Korean: 루엣
• Translator English - Javanese: Pirouette
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xoay tròn trên một chân
• Translator English - Tamil: pirouette
• Translator English - Marathi: पिरॉएट
• Translator English - Turkish: parmak uçlarında dönmek
• Translator English - Italian: piroetta
• Translator English - Polish: piruet
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пірует
• Translator English - Romanian: piruetă
• Translator English - Greek: πιρουέτα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pirouette
• Translator English - Swedish: piruett
• Translator English - Norwegian: piruett

QUOTES WITH «PIROUETTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pirouette.

1

Dario Fo

I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIROUETTE»

Discover the use of pirouette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pirouette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

One Perfect Pirouette

From popular and award-winning author, Sherryl Clark, comes a look into the pressures, heartache and determination that it takes to realise your dreams.

Sherryl Clark, 2010

Pirouette

Hannah loves nothing more than dance, but her parents see it as just a hobby. When the two girls pirouette into each other's lives, they decide to swap places and make their dreams come true.

Robyn Bavati, 2014

Pirouette: Ballet Stories

Contains a selection of 15 stories which cover the different aspects of a ballet dancer's life - from the trauma of audition and the agonies of training and rehearsals to the glory of live performance - against a backdrop of friendship, ...

‎2009

Pirouette

The local police chief asks P. J. O'Malley, a retired NYPD detective, to help in the investigation. Over time, nearly everyone becomes convinced that the girls' disappearance is the work of a sinister stranger. O'Malley is not so sure.

E. J. Quigley, 2011

Pirouette: Ballet Stories

A collection of fifteen stories about the ballet, by such authors as Cynthia Voigt, Jean Ure, and Rumer Godden.

‎2008

Physics and the Art of Dance : Understanding Movement: ...

plete cycle of the motion, while the full-turn rotation of the body takes place in the remaining half. Perhaps fouette turns are the movement you had in mind when you told the choreographer that you could do a sixteen-turn pirouette at a constant ...

Kenneth Laws Professor of Physics Dickinson College (Emeritus), 2002

Ballet 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet

Ballet's most familiar turn is the pirouette. When the ballet dancer pirouettes, he lifts one leg, which he places in one of a variety of specified positions, and by means of prescribed momentum-gathering initiations, spins around on the balancing ...

Robert Greskovic, 2005

Soil survey of ...

... Theon: 027XY019NV Olac: 027XY079NV Singatse: 027XY027NV lnclusion 1: 027XY018NV lnclusion 2: none lnclusion 3: none 200~Pirouette-Osobb-Rock outcrop association Composition Major Components Pirouette very stony very fine ...

United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 2001

The Truman-Henderson Pirouette: Bias and Predisposition in ...

American Palestine policy from 1945--1948 evolved according to the guiding influence of President Harry Truman and the Director of the Near Eastern and African Affairs Division in the State Department Loy W. Henderson.

Hazel Andrea Gray, 2006

The Napoleon Dynasty: Or, the History of the Bonaparte Family

277 pirouette.' This last phrase proved a complete mystery, and had nearly turned all respectable heads in Cologne — the scene of expected operations. A consultation was called, the letter communicated, and deep deliberation ensued.

Charles Edwards Lester, Edwin Williams, 1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIROUETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pirouette is used in the context of the following news items.

Heslam: Deaf, blind dancer helps teach others

When she was little, she wore a black vest to hold her hearing aid so she could “pirouette without having to worry about my hearing aids flying ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»

Learn about gig racing at BUEI Talks lecture

Pirouette your way to the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall as Bermuda Civic Ballet presents Summer Selections 2015, two evenings of ballet ... «Royal Gazette, Jul 15»

Pole Position For Fitness

Then after just barely an hour with Dawn, she had me doing an (almost) graceful front step-over, pirouette and basic backward spin. We do ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»

Dubai Summer Surprises: Secrets and fries

A pirouette, and then came the real challenge – a pole sit (sitting cross-legged on the pole with no support except holding on with the thighs ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»

Who would win the ultimate dance-off between Shoaib and Yuvraj?

No, wait, the Dettol warriors and Commander Safeguard battle it out for anti-bacterial supremacy while the Maliks pirouette in the back ground. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

Steely Border break Ruapehu jinx

... letting Border first get momentum when there was seemingly nothing on and then capitalise at the tryline, as Waqanibau would pirouette his ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»

Seventy-eight frames of Mitch

By frame 14 he had completed a full pirouette and was facing me again, running down the side of the pitch. By frame 21 he was beginning to ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

Vincent Simone marries Susan Duddy in wedding exclusively …

"Whilst she was reading the card, I did a pirouette and presented her with the ring on bended knee. I was quite emotional." Susan jokingly ... «hellomagazine.com, Jul 15»

The Hurling Championship so far: Sweepers, Surprises and …

Seamus Callanan's goal against Limerick after Bubbles' one-handed assist was masterful economy but Joe's ridiculous pirouette was the ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Review: 'Intensio' serves up four world premieres

It sounds random on the page, perhaps, but on stage it's endearing, engaging and impressive (this guy can really pirouette). Jorma Elo's ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»