ballet
French, noun/ba.lɛ/
ballet is spelled B-A-L-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballet is a French masculine noun meaning “ballet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse classique figurée, exécutée par plusieurs personnes sur un théâtre”.
What does ballet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineballet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse classique figurée, exécutée par plusieurs personnes sur un théâtre. 2. Pièce de théâtre où l’action n’est représentée que par les gestes et les attitudes des danseurs. 3. Mouvement de va-et-vient incessant de nombreuses personnes ou objets.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ballet
- ballets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballet?
- /ba.lɛ/
- \ba.lɛ\
- [ba.lɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (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 French?
ballet appears 6.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).