Link Centre Dictionary

ballet

bal·let

UK/ˈbal.eɪ/ US/bælˈeɪ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers

Synonyms
2.

Origin

Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”) (cognate with Old French bal, whence English ball), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”). By surface analysis, ball + -et.

Phrases

  • ballet boot
  • ballet d'action
  • ballet dad
  • ballet dancer
  • ballet flat
  • ballet flats
  • ballet master
  • ballet mistress

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Part of

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.