pirouette

Etymology
Borrowed from, see there for more; attested since 1706.

Noun

 * 1) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.
 * 2) The whirling about of a horse.
 * 1) The whirling about of a horse.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: пирует
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: piruetti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Korean: 피루엣
 * Maori: huri hīteki
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: piruett
 * Nynorsk: piruett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pirueta
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: piruetti
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: piruett
 * Nynorsk: piruett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pirueta
 * Swedish:


 * German:

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer.

Translations

 * Finnish: tehdä piruetti
 * Polish: zakręcić piruet
 * Portuguese: fazer (uma) pirueta

Etymology
Borrowed from, see there for more.

Etymology 1
From a Gallo-Roman root *pir- („peg, plug“, hence 🇨🇬) and (diminutive suffix). The word originally meant a “spinning top” (15th century).

Noun

 * 1) a whirling or turning on the toes in dancing
 * 2)  a whirling volt movement made by a horse