fairy ballet

noun

A genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects.

OriginFrench ballet-féerie →
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Meanings

nounfairy ballet (countable and uncountable, plural fairy ballets)

plural fairy ballets

  1. uncountableA genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects.
  2. countableAn individual ballet in this genre.

Origin

  1. Frenchballet-féerie
  2. Englishfairy ballet

Calque of French ballet-féerie.

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Translations

French ballet-féerie
  • ballet-féerieTranslations
German Zauberballett
  • ZauberballettTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål eventyrballett
  • eventyrballettTranslations
Russian балет-феерия
  • балет-феерия (balet-fejerija)Translations
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APA

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Chicago

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