Can someone spell “plie” for me? (Pronounced plea-aye)…and feel free to offer correct spellings to any other ballet moves!
Thanks!
- Jinx
pliet?
I know it ends in ‘t’.
My mistake. ‘plie’ is right. I thought it was one of those french words that end in a silent ‘t’.
It’s plie with an accent aigu (looks like a little line tilting up from left to right) over the e.
Although it’s old french meaning did end in a ‘t’ (‘plaint’)
You can try here or here for a list of terms with proper spelling and descriptions, but there are no illustrations to go with them.
It depends how you’re using it, but it’s usually spelled plié. I have also seen plier, which literally means “to bend.”
Alias is correct.
– Cherry2000 , former ballet instructor with 30 years of dance training under her belt (or should I say tutu? 
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