tutu
pronunciation
How to pronounce tutu in British English:
UK [ˈtu:tu:]
How to pronounce tutu in American English:
US ['tutu]
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- Noun:
- very short skirt worn by ballerinas
Word Origin
- tutu (n.)
- ballet skirt, 1910, from French tutu, alteration of cucu, infantile reduplication of cul "bottom, backside," from Latin culus "bottom, backside, fundament."
Example
- 1. Desmond tutu became the most famous anglican archbishop in south africa .
- 2. Have you got a tutu yet ?
- 3. She felt gross in her tutu , like something in a circus .
- 4. It refused to work with an earlier un mission led by archbishop desmond tutu .
- 5. Mr tutu says this is because president jacob zuma is anxious to avoid upsetting china , south africa 's most important trading partner as well as one of its biggest investors .