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# tutu

noun (a tutu, tutus)

«tutu» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tutu is a short, stiff, frilly skirt that sticks out, worn by ballet dancers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#m1)
2. A tutu is also any light, puffy, net skirt that children wear for dressing up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, PE and dance lessons, the tutu shows ballet: girls and sometimes boys dancing «Swan Lake» or «The Nutcracker». In everyday life it appears at dance shows, fancy-dress parties and fun runs, where people wear tutus as a joke. Phrases: «a pink tutu», «ballet shoes and a tutu», «in a tutu».

### Examples

- She wore a white tutu for the ballet show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x1)
- My little sister put on her sparkly tutu and twirled round the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x2)
- The dancers' tutus stuck out like plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x3)
- For the charity fun run, Dad wore a pink tutu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x4)
- The tutu is made of many layers of stiff net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x5)
- In «Swan Lake» the swans dance in white tutus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/#x6)

### Note

Plural: tutus. Countable. The word is French. Say «TOO-too». Do not confuse with «Tutu» as a surname, as in Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa (a name).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tutu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tutu/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tutu» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tutu.html) on Mova free.