Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A classical form of dance.

    a classically-trained ballet dancer

    Ballett

    бале́тbalét

    бале́тbalét

  2. (countable, uncountable)A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.

    Let's go to the ballet in the theatre tomorrow!

    Ballett

    бале́тbalét

    a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

  3. (countable, uncountable)The company of persons who perform this dance.

    Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.

  5. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.

  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

Examples

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  1. Tom invited me to the ballet.

    Том запросив мене на балет.

    ruТом пригласил меня на балет.

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  2. She invited me to the ballet.

    ruОна пригласила меня на балет.

    deSie hat mich zum Ballett eingeladen.

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  3. Tom drove Mary to ballet practice.

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  4. I went to see the ballet.

    ruЯ пошёл на балет.

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  5. Tom is an incredibly talented ballet dancer.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Origin

Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive for

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”).

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Forms

plural: ballets
Singularballet
Pluralballets

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers:concert dance

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a ballet dancer
  • ballet dancer
  • is a ballet
  • takes ballet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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