le
/bal/
Translation
ball (dance), dance
Word origin
From Old French baller ('to dance'), from Late Latin ballare ('to dance'), from Greek ballizein ('to dance, to jump about'). The same root gives English 'ball' (a dance) and 'ballet'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- ballizein
- English cognates
- ball, ballet
Grammar
Examples
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The village dance takes place every summer.
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They met at a grand ball.
Cendrillon .
Cinderella had to leave the ball before midnight.
au quatorze .
The whole neighbourhood dances at the fourteenth of July ball.
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She was wearing a beautiful dress for the ball.
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