ballet
A classical form of dance.
Other meanings
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!”
The company of persons who perform this dance.
“Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.”
Synonyms
- concert dance
Related words
- antiballet
- balletcore
- balletgoer
- balletgoing
- balletmaster
- balletwear
- nonballet
- preballet
- ballet mistress
- ballet troupe
- water ballet
- ballet d'action
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "ballō" (to dance).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ballet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.