ballet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”). === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: bă-lāʹ, băʹlā('), IPA(key): /bælˈeɪ/, /ˈbæl(ˌ)eɪ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbal.eɪ/, /ˈbal.ɪ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /bælˈæɪ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /bɛlˈæɪ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /bale/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /bɐleː/, /bɐlɪː/ Rhymes: -æleɪ, -æli, -eɪ Hyphenation: bal‧let === Noun === ballet (countable and uncountable, plural ballets) (dance) A classical form of dance. A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story. The company of persons who perform this dance. (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers. (heraldry, uncommon) A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour. (figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ballet (third-person singular simple present ballets, present participle balleting, simple past and past participle balleted) (transitive, intransitive) To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing. 2014 Rutherford's Vascular Surgery E-Book - Page 1340 Situations that typically require longer iliac limbs than the measurements suggest include extreme iliac tortuosity, “balleting” of the limbs (Endurant and Excluder) (Fig. 90-3), and the need to extend to the external iliac arteries. It these anatomic circumstances, it is prudent to choose a longer length when in doubt. ==== Translations ==== === See also === mime modern dance === Anagrams === betall == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈʎɛt] IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəˈʎət] IPA(key): (Valencia) [baˈʎet] === Noun === ballet m (plural ballets) ballet === Further reading === “ballet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ballet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ballet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “ballet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Chavacano == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ballet, from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”). === Noun === ballet ballet (dance tradition and style) == Cimbrian == === Verb === ballet inflection of ballan: third-person singular present indicative second-person plural present indicative second-person plural present subjunctive second-person plural imperative == Danish == === Etymology === Either from French ballet or directly from Italian balletto, the diminutive form of ballo (“dance, ball”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balɛt/, [b̥aˈlɛd̥] === Noun === ballet c (singular definite balletten, plural indefinite balletter) ballet ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: balletti === Further reading === “ballet” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto. An instance of spelling pronunciation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑˈlɛt/ Hyphenation: bal‧let Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n) ballet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: balèt → Papiamentu: balèt == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian balletto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lɛ/ === Noun === ballet m (plural ballets) ballet ==== Derived terms ==== ballet à ski ballet-féerie corps de ballet maître de ballet ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “ballet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ballet second-person plural subjunctive I of ballen == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbal.lɛt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbal.let] === Verb === ballet third-person singular present active subjunctive of ballō (“to dance”) == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalleh(t)/ === Verb === ballet inflection of ballat: third-person plural present indicative second-person singular past indicative second-person plural imperative == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === ballet n definite singular of ball (Etymology 2) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === ballet n definite singular of ball (Etymology 2) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === balé (rare) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French ballet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈle/ [baˈle] Rhymes: -e IPA(key): /baˈlet/ [baˈlet̪] Rhymes: -et === Noun === ballet m (countable and uncountable, plural ballets) ballet ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ballet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025