How to Pronounce “ballet

word

/bæˈɫeɪ/
ba-LAY
/bˈæleɪ/
BA-lay

IPA Transcription

American English

/bæˈɫeɪ/

British English

/bˈæleɪ/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

ba-LAY

UK

BA-lay

Listen in Context

My sister takes ballet classes on Saturdays.

I did ballet for years, but I was never very flexible.

We got cheap tickets, so we ended up going to the ballet.

We watched a ballet at the theater last night.