ballet
To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancingTo perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
» Tom invited me to the ballet.
Том пригласил меня на балет. — odexed
Том запросив мене на балет. — deniko
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1 sensesTo perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
Examples
115 sentencesTom invited me to the ballet.
Том запросив мене на балет. — deniko
ruТом пригласил меня на балет. — odexed
She invited me to the ballet.
ruОна пригласила меня на балет. — Patissier
deSie hat mich zum Ballett eingeladen. — xtofu80
Tom drove Mary to ballet practice.
I went to see the ballet.
ruЯ пошёл на балет. — marafon
Tom is an incredibly talented ballet dancer.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
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
ballets, balleting, balleted, balletedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- a ballet dancer
- ballet dancer
- is a ballet
- takes ballet
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.