ballerina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/

Noun

ballerina (plural ballerinas)

1. A female ballet dancer.
2. The star female ballet performer in the company.
3. (less common, sometimes derogatory) A male ballet dancer.

Usage notes

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

A female ballet dancer

• Albanian: balerinë (sq) f
• Arabic: باليرينا f (bālīrīnā, balirīna), راقصة باليه f (rāqiṣat bālīh)
• Belarusian: балерына f (balerýna)
• Bulgarian: балерина f (balerína)
• Catalan: ballarina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (gender neutral) 芭蕾舞演員 (zh), 芭蕾舞演员 (bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán), (female) 芭蕾舞女演員, 芭蕾舞女演员 (bālěiwǔ nǚ yǎnyuán)

• Crimean Tatar: balerina
• Czech: balerína f, baletka f
• Finnish: balettitanssijatar, ballerina (fi)
• French: ballerine (fr) f
• German: Ballerina (de) f
• Greek: μπαλαρίνα (el) f (balarína)
• Hungarian: balerina (hu)
• Icelandic: ballettdansmær (is) f

• Italian: ballerina (it) f
• Japanese: バレリーナ (barerīna)
• Korean: 발레리나 (ko) (ballerina)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ballerina m

  Nynorsk: ballerina f

• Polish: balerina (pl) f
• Portuguese: bailarina (pt) f
• Romanian: balerină (ro) f, baletistă (ro) f
• Russian: балерина (ru) f (balerína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: балерина f

  Roman: balerina f

• Slovak: balerína f
• Spanish: bailarina f
• Swedish: ballerina (sv) c, balettdansös (sv) c
• Ukrainian: балерина (uk) f (balerýna)

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Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧le‧ri‧na

Noun

ballerina

1. ballerina (female ballet dancer)
2. ballet flat, dolly flat (type of women's shoes, with a very low heel, low sides and covering only the toes)

Declension

Declension of ballerina (Kotus type 9/kala)

	singular	plural
nominative	ballerina	ballerinat
genitive	ballerinan	ballerinojen ballerinainrare
partitive	ballerinaa	ballerinoja
accusative	ballerinan	ballerinat
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

Synonyms

• (dancer): balettitanssijatar
• (shoe): ballerinakenkä, ballerinatossu

Derived terms

• ballerinakenkä
• ballerinatossu

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Italian

Adjective

ballerina f

1. feminine form of ballerino

Noun

ballerina f (plural ballerine, masculine ballerino)

1. dancer, ballet dancer

ballerina f (plural ballerine)

1. pump (shoe)
2. wagtail

Synonyms

• (wagtail): cutrettola, batticoda

Derived terms

• ballerina bianca
• ballerina di fila
• ballerina gialla
• prima ballerina

Related terms

• ballare
• ballo

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Swedish

Noun

ballerina c

1. ballerina

Declension

Declension of ballerina

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ballerina	ballerinan	ballerinor	ballerinorna
genitive	ballerinas	ballerinans	ballerinors	ballerinornas