Variant spelling of fouetté; a ballet position or movement characterized by the whipping rotation technique.
Alternative English spelling preserving French accent marks and pronunciation. From 'fouetter' (to whip). The feminine past participle form in French ballet terminology.
Ballet keeps French spellings and accents because the art form was codified in 18th-century France—dancers worldwide still use French vocabulary, making it the 'Latin' of dance!
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