English

A pas de deux of a production of the ballet Don Quixote.

Noun

ballet ‎(plural ballets)

1. A classical form of dance.
2. A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
3. The company of persons who perform this dance.
4. (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
5. (heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• mime
• modern dance

Catalan

Noun

ballet m ‎(plural ballets)

1. ballet

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)

1. ballet

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Italian balletto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balɛ/

Noun

ballet m ‎(plural ballets)

1. ballet

German

Verb

ballet

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of ballen.

Northern Sami

Verb

ballet

1. inflection of ballat:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ballet n

1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ballet n

1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈle/, /baˈlet/

Noun

ballet m ‎(uncountable)

1. ballet