Definition of BALLET

ballet

Meanings

Plural: ballets

Noun

  • a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
  • music written for a ballet
  • 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.
  • A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
  • A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
  • Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

Verb

  • To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”).

Synonyms

concert dance

Scrabble Score: 8

ballet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ballet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ballet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

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