"ballet shoe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ballet shoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballet shoe (plural ballet shoes)
  1. (chiefly UK) A flexible shoe without a heel and fastened by a strap or ribbon, designed for dancing. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Ballet, Dance, Footwear Translations (Translations): balletschoen [masculine] (Dutch), baletka [feminine] (Polish), бале́тки (balétki) [colloquial, feminine, plural, plural-normally] (Russian), че́шки (čéški) [feminine, plural, plural-normally] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ballet_shoe-en-noun-tLnXzNh0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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