balet

See also: bålet and Balet

Albanian

Noun

balet m

1. ballet

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballet.

Noun

balet

2. (dance) ballet (form of dance)

Declension

Declension of balet

	singular	plural
nominative	balet	baletler
genitive	baletniñ	baletlerniñ
dative	baletke	baletlerge
accusative	baletni	baletlerni
locative	balette	baletlerde
ablative	baletten	baletlerden

Further reading

• “balet”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
• Murat, Taner (2011) “balet”, in Dicționar tătar crimean – român / Sózlík kîrîm tatarșa – kazakșa [Crimean Tatar – Romanian dictionary]‎^[1], Charleston: CreateSpace
• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalɛt]

• Audio:

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Noun

balet m inan

1. ballet

Declension

Declension of balet (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	balet	balety
genitive	baletu	baletů
dative	baletu	baletům
accusative	balet	balety
vocative	balete	balety
locative	baletu, baletě	baletech
instrumental	baletem	balety

Derived terms

• baletka
• baleťák

Further reading

• “balet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ballet, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalɛt̚]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lèt

Noun

balèt (plural balet-balet)

1. ballet

Alternative forms

• balét (Johor-Riau)

Related terms

• balerina

Further reading

• “balet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

bālet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of bālō

Maranao

Noun

balet

1. island

Derived terms

• balebalet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balet n

1. definite singular of bal

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɛt
• Syllabification: ba‧let

Noun

balet m inan (diminutive balecik, related adjective baletowy)

1. ballet (classical form of dance or a theatrical presentation of such dancing)
2. ballet (company of persons who perform this dance)
3. (colloquial) moresome, orgy (party where the participants are sexually active)
4. (colloquial, in the plural) dance party with music

   Synonyms: tańce, potańc, potańcówka, tańcówka, zabawa

Declension

Declension of balet

	singular	plural
nominative	balet	balety
genitive	baletu	baletów
dative	baletowi	baletom
accusative	balet	balety
instrumental	baletem	baletami
locative	balecie	baletach
vocative	balecie	balety

Derived terms

adjectives

• baletmistrzowski
• baletniczy

nouns

• baletka
• baletmistrz
• baletmistrzyni
• baletnica
• baletniczka
• baletnik
• baletoman
• baletomania
• balety

verbs

• baletmistrzować impf
• baletować impf

Related terms

nouns

• balerina
• balerinka

Further reading

• balet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• balet in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

balet

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballet and Italian balletto.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

balet n (plural balete)

1. ballet (classical form of dance)

Declension

Declension of balet

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	balet	baletul		balete	baletele
genitive-dative	balet	baletului		balete	baletelor
vocative	baletule			baletelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French ballet, from Italian balletto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎleːt/
• Hyphenation: ba‧let

Noun

bàlēt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ле̄т)

1. ballet

Declension

Declension of balet

	singular	plural
nominative	bàlēt	baleti
genitive	baléta	baleta
dative	baletu	baletima
accusative	balet	balete
vocative	balete	baleti
locative	baletu	baletima
instrumental	baletom	baletima

References

• “balet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baléːt/

Noun

balẹ̑t m inan

1. ballet

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	balét
gen. sing.	baléta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	balét	baléta	baléti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	baléta	balétov	balétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	balétu	balétoma	balétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	balét	baléta	baléte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	balétu	balétih	balétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	balétom	balétoma	baléti

Further reading

• “balet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025