Terminology Tuesday Cheville
If a dance teacher tells you to stretch
your cheville, would you know what that means? (No, it’s not a style of
automobile – that wouldn’t work in context anyway.)
The noun cheville (shuh-VEE-yuh) means “ankle” in French. It can also be “a thin pointed piece of metal that is
hammered into materials as a fastener”. Or, the English definitions from
Merriam-Webster: “1 : a redundant
word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or verse. 2 : a peg of a stringed
musical instrument.”
I guess this is why the word “ankle” is most
commonly used in a dance class.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #:
“Cheville
means ‘ankle’ in French.”
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“I like
good strong words that mean something…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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