ballet
Spanish, noun/baˈle/
ballet is spelled B-A-L-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballet is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ballet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo académico de danza, derivado del practicado en la corte francesa en el siglo XVII, y habitualmente…”.
What does ballet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineballet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estilo académico de danza, derivado del practicado en la corte francesa en el siglo XVII, y habitualmente ejecutado al compás de música clásica. 2. Elenco que se dedica a este estilo de danza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ballet
- ballets plural
- balé alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballet?
- /baˈle/
- [baˈle]
- /baˈlet/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ballet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ballet in Spanish?
ballet appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).