- 1[uncountable] a style of dancing that tells a dramatic story with music but no talking or singing She wants to be a ballet dancer. ballet shoes Wordfinderdanceballet, ballroom, band, choreograph, dance, floor, folk dance, music, partner, step Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveclassical, contemporary, modern, … verb + balletlearn, study, teach, … ballet + nounmusic, dancer, company, … See full entry
- 2[countable] a story or work of art performed by a group of ballet dancers ‘Swan Lake’ is one of the great classical ballets. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveclassical, contemporary, modern, … verb + balletlearn, study, teach, … ballet + nounmusic, dancer, company, … See full entry
- 3[countable + singular or plural verb] a group of dancers who work and perform ballet together members of the Royal Ballet Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveclassical, contemporary, modern, … verb + balletlearn, study, teach, … ballet + nounmusic, dancer, company, … See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo ‘dance’, from late Latin ballare ‘to dance’; related to Greek ballizein ‘to dance’.
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