balett

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

balett (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. ballet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Ballett, from Italian balletto (“ballet”), diminutive of ballo (“dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlɛtː]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lett
• Rhymes: -ɛtː

Noun

balett (plural balettek)

1. ballet

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	balett	balettek
accusative	balettet	baletteket
dative	balettnek	baletteknek
instrumental	balettel	balettekkel
causal-final	balettért	balettekért
translative	baletté	balettekké
terminative	balettig	balettekig
essive-formal	balettként	balettekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balettben	balettekben
superessive	baletten	baletteken
adessive	balettnél	baletteknél
illative	balettbe	balettekbe
sublative	balettre	balettekre
allative	baletthez	balettekhez
elative	balettből	balettekből
delative	balettről	balettekről
ablative	balettől	balettektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	baletté	baletteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	balettéi	balettekéi

Possessive forms of balett

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balettem	balettjeim
2nd person sing.	baletted	balettjeid
3rd person sing.	balettje	balettjei
1st person plural	balettünk	balettjeink
2nd person plural	balettetek	balettjeitek
3rd person plural	balettjük	balettjeik

or

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	balett	balettok
accusative	balettot	balettokat
dative	balettnak	balettoknak
instrumental	balettal	balettokkal
causal-final	balettért	balettokért
translative	balettá	balettokká
terminative	balettig	balettokig
essive-formal	balettként	balettokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balettban	balettokban
superessive	baletton	balettokon
adessive	balettnál	balettoknál
illative	balettba	balettokba
sublative	balettra	balettokra
allative	baletthoz	balettokhoz
elative	balettból	balettokból
delative	balettról	balettokról
ablative	balettól	balettoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	baletté	balettoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	balettéi	balettokéi

Possessive forms of balett

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balettom	balettjaim
2nd person sing.	balettod	balettjaid
3rd person sing.	balettja	balettjai
1st person plural	balettunk	balettjaink
2nd person plural	balettotok	balettjaitok
3rd person plural	balettjuk	balettjaik

Derived terms

• balettes ~ balettos
• baletti (rare)
• balettista

Compound words

• balettcipő

Further reading

• balett in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• balett in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

balett c

1. (uncountable) ballet (classical form of dance)
2. ballet; a piece of music written to accompany this kind of dance

Declension

Declension of balett

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	balett	baletts
	definite	baletten	balettens
plural	indefinite	baletter	baletters
	definite	baletterna	baletternas

References

• “balett”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “balett”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “balett”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• betalt, blatte