ballet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A graceful, classical form of dance, often performed to tell a story with music.

   She has studied ballet since she was five years old.

2. 2
   noun

   A staged performance of this dance, usually with music and sometimes a story.

   We're going to see a ballet at the theatre tomorrow.

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

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