ridotto

UK/ɹɪˈdɒtəʊ/US/ɹəˈdoʊtoʊ/

ridotto noun: a public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.

Noun

ridotto (plural ridottos or ridottoes or ridotti)

(historical) A public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
- May 26, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
  There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.
- Night came, with that increase of gaiety which has always been night's peculiar privilege—perhaps on the principle of contrast. Monday, it was the ridotto; Tuesday, the opera; Wednesday, Ranelagh; Thursday, the play; Friday, a ball; Saturday, a rout, or else a little of all these blended together.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 172
An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.

Synonyms:

reduction

একটি জনসমক্ষে আয়োজিত নাচ

Borrowed from Italian ridotto (“foyer”). Doublet of redoubt.

What does ridotto mean?: Ridotto means a public ball, typically a masquerade, popular in the 18th century.
What is ridotto in Bengali?: Ridotto in Bengali is একটি জনসমক্ষে আয়োজিত নাচ. See Ridotto meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ridotto?: Ridotto is a noun.
How do you pronounce ridotto?: Ridotto is pronounced /ɹɪˈdɒtəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of ridotto?: The plural of ridotto is ridottos.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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