ballet
A classical form of danceA classical form of dance.
» Tom invited me to the ballet.
Том пригласил меня на балет.
Том запросив мене на балет.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A classical form of dance.
a classically-trained ballet dancer
Ballett
бале́тbalét
бале́тbalét
(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
(countable, uncountable)The company of persons who perform this dance.
Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.
(countable, uncountable)A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
Examples
115 sentencesTom invited me to the ballet.
Том запросив мене на балет.
ruТом пригласил меня на балет.
She invited me to the ballet.
ruОна пригласила меня на балет.
deSie hat mich zum Ballett eingeladen.
Tom drove Mary to ballet practice.
I went to see the ballet.
ruЯ пошёл на балет.
Tom is an incredibly talented ballet dancer.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive forBorrowed 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: balletsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers:concert dance
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- a ballet dancer
- ballet dancer
- is a ballet
- takes ballet