PAS DE DEUX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pas de deux mean? 

• PAS DE DEUX (noun)
  The noun PAS DE DEUX has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAS DE DEUX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAS DE DEUX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

duet; pas de deux

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)