PAS DE DEUX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)

Synonyms:

duet; pas de deux

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pas de deux" is a kind of...):

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Meronyms (parts of "pas de deux"):

adagio (a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers)

Holonyms ("pas de deux" is a part of...):

ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)