tutu
A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light nettingA ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
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» The ballerinas wore tights, tutus and ballet slippers.
Die Ballerinas trugen Ballettstrumpfhosen, -röckchen und -schuhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Балерины были в колготках, пачках и балетках. — sharptoothed
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4 sentencesThe ballerinas wore tights, tutus and ballet slippers.
ruБалерины были в колготках, пачках и балетках. — sharptoothed
deDie Ballerinas trugen Ballettstrumpfhosen, -röckchen und -schuhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Layla wore a tutu.
However, Tutu was able, in the end, to fulfil her godfather’s wish.
Meaning
2 sensesA ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
Tutu
па́чкаpáčka
(New Zealand)Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared.
- South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
- very short skirt worn by ballerinas
Origin
Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).
Borrowed from Māori tutu.
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Forms
plural: tutusSynonyms
4 synonyms- South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931):Desmond Tutu
- very short skirt worn by ballerinas:ballet skirt
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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