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See also: Ballerina
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)
- A female ballet dancer.
- The star female ballet performer in the company.
- (less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; a ballerino
- 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.
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.
- “ballerina”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “ballerina” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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 | |
instructive | — | ballerinoin | |
abessive | ballerinatta | ballerinoitta | |
comitative | — | ballerinoineen |
Possessive forms of ballerina (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | ballerinani | ballerinamme |
2nd person | ballerinasi | ballerinanne |
3rd person | ballerinansa |
Derived terms[edit]
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
- Rhymes:English/iːnə
- Rhymes:English/iːnə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English nonstandard terms
- en:Ballet
- en:Occupations
- 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 adjective feminine 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