ENLÈVEMENT


Meaning of ENLÈVEMENT in English

äⁿlevmäⁿ noun

( plural enlèvements -mäⁿ(z))

Etymology: French, action of lifting, from Middle French enlevement, from enlever to lift, raise (from Old French, to raise, from en from that place — from Latin inde, akin to Latin is he and to Latin de from — + lever to raise) + -ment — more at iterate , de- , lever

: the lift into the air of a ballerina by her supporting male dancer

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