ballerina
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)
- a female ballet dancer
- the star female ballet performer in the company
- (less common, sometimes derogatory) a male ballet dancer
- Synonym: ballerino
- 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
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bal‧le‧ri‧na
Noun
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
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 ballerinain rare | ||
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
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
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective ballerino.
Noun 1
ballerina f (plural ballerine, masculine ballerino)
Noun 2
ballerina f (plural ballerine)
- pump (shoe)
- wagtail
- Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ballet-Ballerina-1843.jpg/350px-Ballet-Ballerina-1843.jpg)
Etymology
Noun
ballerina m (definite singular ballerinaen, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References
- “ballerina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ballerina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
ballerina f (definite singular ballerinaa, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References
- “ballerina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
ballerina c
Declension
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 Italian
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːnə
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English derogatory terms
- en:Ballet
- en:Occupations
- en:People
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Dance
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Italian adjective feminine forms
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine 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