different between disco vs ballet
disco
English
Etymology
From a shortening of discotheque, from French discothèque.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?sk??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?sko?/
- Rhymes: -?sk??
- Hyphenation: dis?co
Noun
disco (countable and uncountable, plural discos)
- (countable, slightly dated) Clipping of discotheque, a nightclub for dancing.
- Synonyms: club, nightclub
- (uncountable, music) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
disco (third-person singular simple present discos, present participle discoing, simple past and past participle discoed)
- (intransitive) To dance disco-style dances.
- (intransitive) To go to discotheques.
Anagrams
- sodic
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English disco. Equivalent to a shortening of discotheek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?s.ko?/
- Hyphenation: dis?co
Noun
disco m (plural disco's, diminutive discootje n)
- (countable) A discotheque, a nightclub.
- Synonym: discotheek
- (uncountable) Disco (genre of dance music).
Derived terms
- discobal
- discodip
- discolamp
- discomuziek
- discozwemmen
Finnish
Noun
disco
- Alternative form of disko
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin discus. Doublet of desco.
Pronunciation
- disco
- IPA(key): /?dis.ko/
- Rhymes: -isko
Noun
disco m (plural dischi)
- disc, disk
- (anatomy) disc
- Synonym: disco intervertebrale
- (athletics) discus
Related terms
Anagrams
- scodi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?dis.ko?/, [?d??s?ko?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?dis.ko/, [?d?isk?]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *disk?, from Proto-Indo-European *di-d?-s?e/o-, reduplicated durative form of *de?- (“to take”). From the same root as doce?; unrelated to discipulus.
Cognates include Ancient Greek ??????? (dékhomai), whereas ?????? (daênai) is attributed to another root, *dens-, together with ?????? (deda?s), ????? (d?nea) and ??????? (didásk?).
Verb
disc? (present infinitive discere, perfect active didic?, supine discitum); third conjugation
- I learn
- (drama) I study, practice
Conjugation
Derived terms
- d?disc?
- ?disc?
Descendants
- ? Brythonic: [Term?]
- Breton: deskiñ
- Cornish: dyski
- Welsh: dysgu
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
disc?
- dative/ablative singular of discus
References
- disco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- disco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- disco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
Polish
Etymology
From English disco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.sk?/
Noun
disco n (indeclinable)
- disco, disco music
- (slang) dance party
- Synonym: dyskoteka
Further reading
- disco in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- disco in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
disco m (plural discos)
- disc (a thin, flat, circular plate)
- (athletics) discus
- (uncountable) disco (type of music)
Derived terms
- toca-discos
Related terms
- disquete
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?disko/, [?d?is.ko]
Etymology 1
Short for discoteca.
Noun
disco f (plural discos)
- club, discotheque
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos). Compare English disc, dish, discus and dais.
Noun
disco m (plural discos)
- disc, disk
- phonograph record or disc
- rotary dial
- (athletics) discus
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Basque: disko
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
disco
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of discar.
Related terms
- discar
Further reading
- “disco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Alternative forms
- disko
Noun
disco n
- a disco, a discotheque
- disco; a type of music
Declension
Synonyms
- diskotek
Related terms
- diskotek, diskomusik, discomusik
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ballet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”), from Late Latin ball? (“to dance”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæle?/, /bæl?/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /bælæe/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /b?læe/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /b?le?/, /b?l??/
- (General American) enPR: b?-l??, b??l?(') IPA(key): /bæ?le?/, /?bæ(?)le?/
- Rhymes: -æle?, -æli, -e?
- Hyphenation: bal?let
Noun
ballet (countable and uncountable, plural ballets)
- A classical form of dance.
- A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
- The company of persons who perform this dance.
- (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
- (heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
- (figuratively) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
- 1990, Historic Preservation: Quarterly of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings (volumes 42-43)
- Food preparation on a potager no doubt became a kitchen ballet in which pans were constantly shifted, coals constantly replenished, and grates shaken out.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- Henry Payton joined Alan on the sidelines during the conclusion of the oddly delicate ballet known as On-Scene Investigation.
- 1990, Historic Preservation: Quarterly of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings (volumes 42-43)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
ballet (third-person singular simple present ballets, present participle balleting, simple past and past participle balleted)
- To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
- 2014 Rutherford's Vascular Surgery E-Book - Page 1340
- Situations that typically require longer iliac limbs than the measurements suggest include extreme iliac tortuosity, “balleting” of the limbs (Endurant and Excluder) (Fig. 90-3), and the need to extend to the external iliac arteries. It these anatomic circumstances, it is prudent to choose a longer length when in doubt.
- 2016 Jacob Russell Dring, "Endless the Chase"
- Unfortunately, he could only sustain so much abuse. Footfalls approached. Kanoa's lips smacked and his jaw hung open. His eyelids fluttered, their underlying gaze balleting without clarity. He felt beyond sick, and his world spun immensely. A garbled voice of incoherency seemed to be his only link to this realm of consciousness.
- 2017 Num Nums "A Total Bust a Move" The ZhuZhus
- Frankie's obviously going to ballet her way to the trophy.
- 2014 Rutherford's Vascular Surgery E-Book - Page 1340
See also
- mime
- modern dance
Anagrams
- betall
Catalan
Noun
ballet m (plural ballets)
- ballet
Further reading
- “ballet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ballet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ballet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ballet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from English ballet, from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“ball”).
Noun
ballet
- ballet (dance tradition and style)
Danish
Etymology
Either from French ballet or directly from Italian balletto, the diminutive form of ballo (“dance, ball”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bal?t/, [b?a?l?d?]
Noun
ballet c (singular definite balletten, plural indefinite balletter)
- ballet
Inflection
Descendants
- ? Greenlandic: balletti
Further reading
- “ballet” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??l?t/
- Hyphenation: bal?let
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
ballet n (plural balletten, diminutive balletje n)
- ballet
Derived terms
- balletles
- balletzaal
French
Etymology
From Italian balletto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.l?/
Noun
ballet m (plural ballets)
- ballet
Derived terms
- ballet à ski
- ballet-féerie
- corps de ballet
- maître de ballet
Descendants
- ? English: ballet
- ? Portuguese: balé, balê
- ? Swedish: balett
- ? Thai: ??????? (ban-lêe)
- ? Vietnamese: ba lê
Further reading
- “ballet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Verb
ballet
- second-person plural subjunctive I of ballen
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?bal.let/, [?bäl???t?]
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /?bal.let/, [?bal?et]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?bal.let/, [?b?l??t?]
Verb
ballet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of ball? (“to dance”)
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?palleh(t)/
Verb
ballet
- inflection of ballat:
- third-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular past indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ballet n
- definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ballet n
- definite singular of ball (Etymology 2)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French ballet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bale/, [?ba.le]
- IPA(key): /ba?let/, [ba?let?]
Noun
ballet m (uncountable)
- ballet
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