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See also: Ballerina
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)
- (nonstandard) A ballet dancer (unisex term)
- (often) A female ballet dancer.
- Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.
- Synonyms: prima ballerina, prima donna, prima
- Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.
- (less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino
- (often) A female ballet dancer.
- A ballet flat shoe.
Usage notes[edit]
Although normally used to refer only to females, it can be used of males although this is sometimes done so derogatorily. Danseur or ballet dancer is the normal term for men.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
female ballet dancer
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the star female ballet dancer
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male ballet dancer
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a ballet flat shoe — see ballet flat
Further reading[edit]
- “ballerina”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “ballerina”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “ballerina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ballerina”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina
- (dance) ballerina (female ballet dancer)
- Synonym: balettitanssijatar
- ballet flat, dolly flat (type of women's shoes, with a very low heel, low sides and covering only the toes)
- Synonyms: ballerinakenkä, ballerinatossu
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ballerina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ballerina | ballerinat | ||
genitive | ballerinan | ballerinojen | ||
partitive | ballerinaa | ballerinoja | ||
illative | ballerinaan | ballerinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ballerina | ballerinat | ||
accusative | nom. | ballerina | ballerinat | |
gen. | ballerinan | |||
genitive | ballerinan | ballerinojen ballerinainrare | ||
partitive | ballerinaa | ballerinoja | ||
inessive | ballerinassa | ballerinoissa | ||
elative | ballerinasta | ballerinoista | ||
illative | ballerinaan | ballerinoihin | ||
adessive | ballerinalla | ballerinoilla | ||
ablative | ballerinalta | ballerinoilta | ||
allative | ballerinalle | ballerinoille | ||
essive | ballerinana | ballerinoina | ||
translative | ballerinaksi | ballerinoiksi | ||
abessive | ballerinatta | ballerinoitta | ||
instructive | — | ballerinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ballerina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ballerina
Noun[edit]
ballerina f (plural ballerine)
- female equivalent of ballerino (“dancer”)
- pump (shoe)
- wagtail
- Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina m (definite singular ballerinaen, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References[edit]
- “ballerina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ballerina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina f (definite singular ballerinaa, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References[edit]
- “ballerina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina c
Declension[edit]
Declension of ballerina | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ballerina | ballerinan | ballerinor | ballerinorna |
Genitive | ballerinas | ballerinans | ballerinors | ballerinornas |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-
- English terms derived from Italian
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːnə
- Rhymes:English/iːnə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English nonstandard terms
- English ellipses
- en:Ballet
- en:Occupations
- en:Female people
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/inɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/inɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Dance
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ina
- Rhymes:Italian/ina/4 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian female equivalent nouns
- it:Birds
- it:Footwear
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Dance
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Dance
- Swedish terms derived from Italian
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Dance