ballerina
See also: Ballerina
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)
- (nonstandard) A ballet dancer (unisex term)
- (often) A female ballet dancer.
- Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.
- Synonyms: prima ballerina, prima donna, prima
- Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.
- (less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino
- (often) A female ballet dancer.
- A ballet flat shoe.
Usage notes edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
female ballet dancer
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the star female ballet dancer
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male ballet dancer
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a ballet flat shoe — see ballet flat
Further reading edit
- “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.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
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 | ||
abessive | ballerinatta | ballerinoitta | ||
instructive | — | ballerinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “ballerina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ballerina
Noun edit
ballerina f (plural ballerine)
- female equivalent of ballerino (“dancer”)
- pump (shoe)
- wagtail
- Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ballerina m (definite singular ballerinaen, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References edit
- “ballerina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ballerina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ballerina f (definite singular ballerinaa, indefinite plural ballerinaer, definite plural ballerinaene)
References edit
- “ballerina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ballerina c
Declension edit
Declension of ballerina | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ballerina | ballerinan | ballerinor | ballerinorna |
Genitive | ballerinas | ballerinans | ballerinors | ballerinornas |