ballet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ballet/ˈbaleɪ/
▶noun
- 1 an artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and formalized set steps and gestures.
- 2 a creative work of this form, or the music written for it.
– derivatives
balletic adjective,
balletically adverb.
balletic adjective,
balletically adverb.
– origin C17: from Fr., from Ital. balletto, dimin. of ballo ‘a dance’.
'ballet' also found in these Oxford entries:
act
- arabesque
- assemblé
- ballerina
- ballet dancer
- balletomane
- ballet shoe
- ballon
- barre
- battement
- batterie
- bourrée
- brisé
- cabriole
- chassé
- choreograph
- choreography
- classical
- concert performance
- corps de ballet
- coryphée
- dance
- danseur
- développé
- divertissement
- écarté
- elevation
- enchaînement
- en pointe
- entrechat
- extension
- figurant
- fouetté
- frappé
- glissade
- glissé
- jazz
- jeté
- pas
- pas de chat
- perishable
- pirouette
- plié
- point
- pointe
- port de bras
- prima ballerina
- regisseur
- relevé
