ballet

Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæleɪ/, /bælɪ/
• (General American) enPR: bă-lāʹ, băʹlā(') IPA^(key): /bæˈleɪ/, /ˈbæ(ˌ)leɪ/

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• Rhymes: -æleɪ, -æli, -eɪ
• Hyphenation: bal‧let

ballet (countable and uncountable, 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.

ballet (third-person singular simple present ballets, present participle balleting, simple past and past participle balleted)

1. To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
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     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.

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     Unfortunately, he could only sustain so much abuse. Footfalls approached. Kanoa's lips smacked and his jaw hung open. His eyelids fluttered, their underlying gaze balleting without clarity. He felt beyond sick, and his world spun immensely. A garbled voice of incoherency seemed to be his only link to this realm of consciousness.

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     Frankie's obviously going to ballet her way to the trophy.

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ballet m (plural ballets)

1. ballet

Borrowed from English ballet, from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”).

ballet

1. ballet (dance tradition and style)

Either from French ballet or directly from Italian balletto, the diminutive form of ballo (“dance, ball”).

• IPA^(key): /balɛt/, [b̥aˈlɛd̥]

ballet c (singular definite balletten, plural indefinite balletter)

1. ballet

From Italian balletto.

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛ/

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ballet m (plural ballets)

1. ballet

• “ballet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

ballet

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of ballen.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalleh(t)/

ballet

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

ballet n

1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

ballet n

1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

• IPA^(key): /baˈle/, /baˈlet/

ballet m (uncountable)

1. ballet