corps de ballet

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English

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Etymology

French

Noun

corps de ballet (plural corps de ballet)

  1. chorus line, ballet personnel
    • 2015 August 5, “Review: `Hamilton,' Young Rebels Changing History and Theater”, in The New York Times:
      And the gymnastic corps de ballet, choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, gives further, infectious life to that feeling of perpetual motion, of a speeding, unceasing course of human events.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔʁ də ba.lɛ/
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Noun

corps de ballet m (plural corps de ballet)

  1. chorus line, ballet personnel

Descendants

  • Russian: кордебале́т (kordɛbalét)