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fairy ballet

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

Noun

fairy ballet (countable and uncountable, plural fairy ballets)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects.
  2. (countable) An individual ballet in this genre.

Forms of fairy ballet

pluralfairy ballets

Origin of fairy ballet

Calque of French ballet-féerie.

Questions about fairy ballet

What does fairy ballet mean?
Fairy ballet means a genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects.
What part of speech is fairy ballet?
Fairy ballet is a noun.
What is the plural of fairy ballet?
The plural of fairy ballet is fairy ballets.

Words near fairy ballet in the dictionary

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  4. fairy
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  6. fairy ballet
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  10. fairy bluebird
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