ballerina
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/
- 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
(index b)
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 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 |
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (“to shake, to dance”).
Derived terms
- ballerina bianca
- ballerina di fila
- ballerina gialla
- prima ballerina
Norwegian Bokmål

Ballerina
Noun
ballerina m (definite singular ballerinaen, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ballerina f (definite singular ballerinaa, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
Swedish
Declension
Declension of ballerina | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ballerina | ballerinan | ballerinor | ballerinorna |
Genitive | ballerinas | ballerinans | ballerinors | ballerinornas |
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