entrechat

Borrowed from French entrechat, from Italian (capriola) intrecciata (“interlaced jump”), from in- + treccia (“plait”).

entrechat (plural entrechats)

1. (ballet) A manoeuvre whereby the performer jumps up and strikes the heels together a number of times.

• ranchette, recanteth

From Italian intrecciato, past participle of intrecciare.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃa/

entrechat m (plural entrechats)

1. (dance) entrechat
2. (humorous) leap, bound

• → English: entrechat

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

• rachètent, tachèrent, tâchèrent