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ballroom

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/
  • /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːlɹuːm
  • rhymes with -ɔːlɹʊm
  • CMU ARPABET: B AO1 L R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A type of elegant dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To take part in ballroom dancing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

large room used mainly for dancing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dance hall, dance palace

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: disco, discotheque

History

Etymology

From ball + room.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَرْقَص (marqaṣ) — large room used for dancing
  • Betawi: ruma bola — large room used for dancing
  • Bulgarian: бална зала (balna zala) — large room used for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞廳 /舞厅 (wǔtīng) — large room used for dancing
  • Danish: balsal — large room used for dancing
  • Danish: dansesal — large room used for dancing
  • Esperanto: bala salono — large room used for dancing
  • Finnish: tanssisali — large room used for dancing
  • Finnish: juhlasali — large room used for dancing
  • French: salle de bal — large room used for dancing
  • German: Ballsaal — large room used for dancing
  • German: Tanzsaal — large room used for dancing
  • German: Festsaal — large room used for dancing
  • Hebrew: אולם נשפים (ulam neshafym) — large room used for dancing
  • Hungarian: bálterem — large room used for dancing
  • Indonesian: balai riung — large room used for dancing
  • Italian: sala da ballo — large room used for dancing
  • Italian: balera — large room used for dancing
  • Japanese: ボールルーム (bōrurūmu) — large room used for dancing
  • Japanese: ダンスホール (dansuhōru) — large room used for dancing
  • Kyrgyz: бий залы (biy zalı) — large room used for dancing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ballsal — large room used for dancing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ballsal — large room used for dancing
  • Polish: sala balowa — large room used for dancing
  • Portuguese: salão de baile — large room used for dancing
  • Romanian: salon de bal — large room used for dancing
  • Romanian: sală de dans — large room used for dancing
  • Russian: танцева́льный зал (tanceválʹnyj zal) — large room used for dancing
  • Spanish: salón de baile — large room used for dancing
  • Swahili: bwalo la dansi — large room used for dancing
  • Swedish: balsal — large room used for dancing
  • Swedish: danssalong — large room used for dancing
  • Bulgarian: салонен танц (salonen tanc) — type of elegant dance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交際舞 /交际舞 (jiāojìwǔ) — type of elegant dance
  • Finnish: salitanssi — type of elegant dance
  • French: danse de salon — type of elegant dance
  • German: Standardtanz — type of elegant dance
  • Hungarian: társasági tánc — type of elegant dance
  • Japanese: 社交ダンス (shakō-dansu) — type of elegant dance
  • Russian: ба́льный та́нец (bálʹnyj tánec) — type of elegant dance
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