Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballettomane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bal-let-tomane
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of balletomane

Example Sentences

"[...] of ballettomanes, our ballet stood bewildered at this breaking away from the stale tradition of quasi-realistic scenery, of accepted canons of costumes."
"[...] the ballettomane; and now the Archives of the Dance make it possible for the student of ballet to pursue various researches with the certainty that he will never be gravelled for lack of matter."
"[...] ballet audience, especially the ballettomanes."

Etymology

From French ballettomane. By surface analysis, ballet + -o- + -mane.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ballettomane

Inflected Forms

ballettomanes (plural)

Questions

What does ballettomane mean?: Alternative spelling of balletomane
Where does ballettomane come from?: It is traced to French.

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