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ballet

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English

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Two people dancing ballet together, one wearing a dress and another wearing a suit
A pas de deux of a ballet production

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
Ancient Greekbor.
Late Latin ballāre
Italian ballare
Italian ballo
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Italian -etto
Italian ballettobor.
French balletbor.
English ballet

    Borrowed 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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    ballet (countable and uncountable, plural ballets)

    2. (dance) A classical form of dance.
      a classically-trained ballet dancer
    4. 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!
    5. The company of persons who perform this dance.
      Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.
    6. (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
    7. (heraldry, uncommon) A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
      • 1741, Richard Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter [...] by Richard Izacke [...] Second Edition:
        9. Peter West, Ar. bears sable Ballets argent a Lyon Rampant.
    8. (figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
      • 1990, Historic Preservation: Quarterly of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings, volumes 42-43:
        Food preparation on a potager no doubt became a kitchen ballet in which pans were constantly shifted, coals constantly replenished, and grates shaken out.
      • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
        Henry Payton joined Alan on the sidelines during the conclusion of the oddly delicate ballet known as On-Scene Investigation.

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    Verb

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

    1. (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.
      • 2016, Jacob Russell Dring, Endless the Chase:
        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.
      • 2017, Num Nums, “A Total Bust a Move”, in The ZhuZhus:
        Frankie's obviously going to ballet her way to the trophy.

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    References

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    1. ^ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “ˈbæli”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)‎[1], Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 44.
    2. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ballet”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640, column 3.

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    Noun

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    ballet m (plural ballets)

    1. ballet

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    Chavacano

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /baˈlej/ [ba.ˈlej]
    • Rhymes: -ey
    • Hyphenation: ba‧llet

    Noun

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    ballet

    1. ballet (dance tradition and style)

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    Verb

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    ballet

    1. inflection of ballan:
      1. third-person singular/second-person plural present indicative
      2. second-person plural present subjunctive
      3. second-person plural imperative

    Danish

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    Etymology

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

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    • IPA(key): /balɛt/, [b̥aˈlɛd̥]

    Noun

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    ballet c (singular definite balletten, plural indefinite balletter)

    1. ballet

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    Declension of ballet
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative ballet balletten balletter balletterne
    genitive ballets ballettens balletters balletternes

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    • → Greenlandic: balletti

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto. An instance of spelling pronunciation.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bɑˈlɛt/
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    • Hyphenation: bal‧let
    • Rhymes: -ɛt

    Noun

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    ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n)

    1. ballet

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    French

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Italian balletto, diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”) (cognate with Old French bal), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”).

      By surface analysis, bal +‎ -et.

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      Noun

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      ballet m (plural ballets)

      1. ballet

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      Descendants

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      German

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      Verb

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      ballet

      1. second-person plural subjunctive I of ballen

      Latin

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      ballet

      1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of ballō (“to dance”)

      Northern Sami

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

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      ballet

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

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      Noun

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      ballet n

      1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Noun

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      ballet n

      1. definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
      Ancient Greekbor.
      Late Latin ballāre
      Italian ballare
      Italian ballo
      Proto-Indo-European *-tós
      Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
      Late Latin -ittus
      Italian -etto
      Italian ballettobor.
      French balletubor.
      Spanish ballet

        Unadapted borrowing from French ballet.

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        Noun

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        ballet m (countable and uncountable, plural ballets)

        1. ballet

        Usage notes

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        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.

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