ballet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
    concert dance.
  2. noun music written for a ballet

WordNet

Bal"let` noun
Etymology
F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d Ball, n.
Definitions
  1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.
  2. The company of persons who perform the ballet.
  3. (Mus.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
  4. (Her.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Webster 1913