ballerina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

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

Noun

ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)

  1. a female ballet dancer
  2. the star female ballet performer in the company
  3. (less common, sometimes derogatory) a male ballet dancer
    Synonym: ballerino
  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

Finnish

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Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bal‧le‧ri‧na

Noun

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

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

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

  1. Feminine singular of adjective ballerino.

Noun 1

ballerina f (plural ballerine, masculine ballerino)

  1. dancer, ballet dancer

Noun 2

ballerina f (plural ballerine)

  1. pump (shoe)
  2. wagtail
    Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål
Ballerina

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

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

  1. (dance) a ballerina

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

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

  1. (dance) a ballerina

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

ballerina c

  1. (dance) ballerina

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