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sis•sonne
(si son′, -sōn′; Fr. sē sôn′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sonnes (-sonz′, -sōnz′; Fr. -sôn′).USA pronunciation [Ballet.]
- Music and Dancea jump in which the dancer lands on one foot, with the other extended to the back, front, or side.
- named after the Comte de Sissonne, 17th-century French noble, said to have invented it 1700–10