pas de deux

1. 1.

   (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)

   Synonymsduet

   Broaderdancing

   Part ofballet

   Partsadagio

Questions about pas de deux

What does pas de deux mean?

pas de deux means "(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)".

What is another word for pas de deux?

Close synonyms include duet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pas de deux a common word?

pas de deux is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.