ballroom en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/
Etymology
From ball + room.
Meanings
-
A large room used for dancing and banquets.
The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
- A type of elegant dance.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ballrooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ball-room | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Epstein Ballroom · ballroomy · ballroom dancing · ballroom dance
Hypernyms
Translations (40)
bew ruma bola (large room used for dancing) · eo bala salono (large room used for dancing) · fr danse de salon (type of elegant dance) · cmn 舞廳 /舞厅 (large room used for dancing) · fi salitanssi (type of elegant dance) · nn ballsal (large room used for dancing) · nb ballsal (large room used for dancing) · pt salão de baile (large room used for dancing) · ja 社交ダンス (type of elegant dance) · ar مَرْقَص (large room used for dancing) · de Festsaal (large room used for dancing) · bg салонен танц (type of elegant dance) · es salón de baile (large room used for dancing) · it balera (large room used for dancing) · fi tanssisali (large room used for dancing) · de Ballsaal (large room used for dancing) · bg бална зала (large room used for dancing) · ro salon de bal (large room used for dancing) · fr salle de bal (large room used for dancing) · de Standardtanz (type of elegant dance) · hu társasági tánc (type of elegant dance) · da balsal (large room used for dancing) · sv balsal (large room used for dancing) · ro sală de dans (large room used for dancing) · ja ボールルーム (large room used for dancing) · id balai riung (large room used for dancing) · hu bálterem (large room used for dancing) · da dansesal (large room used for dancing) · cmn 交際舞 /交际舞 (type of elegant dance) · ru ба́льный та́нец (type of elegant dance) · ja ダンスホール (large room used for dancing) · ky бий залы (large room used for dancing) · he אולם נשפים (large room used for dancing) · pl sala balowa (large room used for dancing) · de Tanzsaal (large room used for dancing) · sv danssalong (large room used for dancing) · fi juhlasali (large room used for dancing) · it sala da ballo (large room used for dancing) · sw bwalo la dansi (large room used for dancing) · ru танцева́льный зал (large room used for dancing)