Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posé

/pˈoʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pose
IPA: /pˈoʊz/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Held in position for a prolonged period.

Example Sentences

"This perversion illustrates a tendency on the part of even educated people to call everything which is posé or exhibitional in action by the name of Delsarte."
"Dégagé with the right foot, the left; posé on point: coupé with the right foot behind, left foot in fondu; small développé to the side with the left foot, the right foot posé on point;"
"The dance opens with a développé posé fondu in arabesque followed by a step back."
"A classical ballet syllabus has a similar structure, where steps are grouped together into sets such as posé, jeté, batterie etc."

Etymology

Borrowed from French posé (“placed, posed”).

Rhymes With

o's so's perots jōs

Questions

How do you pronounce posé?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈoʊz/.
What does posé mean?: Held in position for a prolonged period.
Where does posé come from?: Borrowed from French posé (“placed, posed”).

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