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Jeté means thrown. In ballet, jeté is a leap in which the dancer throws the working leg into the air, giving the action its name from the French word for “to throw.” The other terms describe different ideas: plié is a bending of the knees, port de bras is the carrying or shaping of the arms, and tour en l’air is a turn done in the air. So jeté is the term that conveys that throwing action in a leap.