ballerina

Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/

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• Rhymes: -iːnə

ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)

1. (nonstandard) A ballet dancer (unisex term)
   1. (often) A female ballet dancer.
      1. Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.

         Synonyms: prima ballerina, prima donna, prima

   2. (less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino
2. A ballet flat shoe.

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.

• “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.

From Italian ballerina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlːeri(ː)nɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝lːe̞ˌri(ː)nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bal‧le‧ri‧na

ballerina

1. (dance) ballerina (female ballet dancer)

   Synonym: balettitanssijatar

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

   Synonyms: ballerinakenkä, ballerinatossu

• “ballerina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /bal.leˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: bal‧le‧rì‧na

ballerina

1. feminine singular of ballerino

ballerina f (plural ballerine)

1. female equivalent of ballerino (“dancer”)
2. pump (shoe)
3. wagtail

   Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola

From Italian ballerina.

ballerina m (definite singular ballerinaen, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)

1. (dance) a ballerina

• “ballerina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ballerina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Italian ballerina.

ballerina f (definite singular ballerinaa, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)

1. (dance) a ballerina

• “ballerina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Italian ballerina.

ballerina c

1. (dance) ballerina