balletomane

balletomane

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French balletomane. Equivalent to ballet +‎ -o- +‎ -mane.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/, /bəˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/

Noun

balletomane (plural balletomanes)

1. A ballet enthusiast.

Related terms

• balletomania

Translations

a ballet enthusiast

French: balletomane (fr) m German: Ballettomane (de) m Polish: baletoman (pl) m Spanish: balletómano m Swedish: balettoman (sv) c

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French

Etymology

ballet +‎ -mane

Noun

balletomane m or f by sense (plural balletomanes)

1. balletomane

Descendants

• English: balletomane

Further reading

• “balletomane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.