ballerina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

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.
4. A ballet flat shoe.

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

female ballet dancer

• Albanian: balerinë (sq) f
• Arabic: بَالِيرِينَا f ‎(bālīrīnā), رَاقِصَة بَالِيه f ‎(rāqiṣat bālīh)
• Belarusian: балеры́на f ‎(baljerýna)
• Bulgarian: балери́на f ‎(balerína)
• Catalan: ballarina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (gender neutral) 芭蕾舞演員 (zh), 芭蕾舞演员 (zh) ‎(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 (cs) f
• Finnish: balettitanssijatar, ballerina (fi)
• French: ballerine (fr) f
• German: Ballerina (de) f, Ballettänzerin (de) f
• Greek: μπαλαρίνα (el) f ‎(balarína)
• Hungarian: balerina (hu)
• Icelandic: ballettdansmær (is) f
• Irish: cailín bailé m
• 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: балери́на (ru) f ‎(balerína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: балерина f

  Roman: balerina (sh) f

• Slovak: balerína f
• Spanish: bailarina f
• Swedish: ballerina (sv) c, balettdansös (sv) c
• Thai: นักบัลเลต์ ‎(nák-bal-lee)
• Ukrainian: балери́на (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

Inflection of ballerina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• ballerinakenkä
• ballerinatossu

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω ‎(ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- ‎(“to shake, to dance”).

Adjective

ballerina

1. feminine singular 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

Inflection of ballerina
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ballerina	ballerinan	ballerinor	ballerinorna
Genitive	ballerinas	ballerinans	ballerinors	ballerinornas