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1 galipette
feminine noun( = cabriole) somersault* * *(colloq) galipɛt nom féminin ( cabriole) somersault* * *ɡalipɛt nffaire des galipettes (= roulades) — to turn somersaults * figto fool around
* * *galipette○ nf1 ( cabriole) somersault; faire des galipettes to turn somersaults;2 ( ébat érotique) faire des galipettes avec qn to fool around with sb.[galipɛt] nom féminin -
2 cabriole
cabriole [kabʀijɔl]feminine noun[d'enfant, cabri] caper* * *kabʀijɔl1) (de clown, d'enfant, animal) capering [U]2) ( de cheval) capriole3) ( en danse) cabriole* * *kabʀijɔl nf(de cabri, d'enfant) caper, (d'acrobate) somersault* * *cabriole nf1 (de clown, d'enfant, animal) capering ¢; faire des cabrioles to caper about;2 Équit capriole;3 Danse cabriole.[kabrijɔl] nom féminin1. [bond - d'un enfant] leap ; [ - d'un animal] prancing (substantif non comptable), cavorting (substantif non comptable)[acrobatie] somersaulta. [clown] to do somersaultsb. [chèvre] to prance ou to cavort (about)c. [enfant] to dance ou to jump about2. [manœuvre] clever manoeuvre -
3 culbute
culbute [kylbyt]feminine noun* * *kylbyt1) ( galipette) somersault2) ( chute) tumble* * *kylbyt nfsomersault, (accidentelle) tumble* * *culbute nf1 ( galipette) somersault; faire une culbute to somersault, to turn a somersault;3 ( chute) tumble; faire une culbute dans l'escalier to tumble down the stairs;4 fig (de régime, d'institutions) fall; (de banque, d'entreprise) collapse; faire la culbute ( tout perdre) to come a cropper○, to go bust○; ( doubler ses gains) to double one's money.[kylbyt] nom féminin1. [pirouette] somersaulta. [faire faillite] to go bankrupt, to collapseb. [revendre] to double one's investment
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