Meanings
nounballerina (plural ballerinas or ballerine)
plural ballerinas · plural ballerine
- A ballet dancer (unisex term)
- nonstandardoftenA female ballet dancer.
- abbreviationellipsisnonstandardoftenEllipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).
Synonyms: prima ballerina, prima donna, prima
- nonstandarduncommonA male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino.
- A ballet flat shoe.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEllipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).
More synonyms by meaning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italianballerina
- Italianballerina
- Englishballerina
Borrowed from Italian ballerina.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَالِيرِينَا, رَاقِصَة بَالِيه
- بَالِيرِينَا (bālīrīnā)female ballet dancer
- رَاقِصَة بَالِيه (rāqiṣat bālēh)female ballet dancer
Bulgarian балетист, балери́на
- балетист (baletist)male ballet dancer
- балери́на (balerína)female ballet dancer
- примабалерина (primabalerina)the star female ballet dancer
Catalan ballarina
- ballarinafemale ballet dancer
Chinese Mandarin 芭蕾舞演員 /芭蕾舞演员, 芭蕾舞女演員 /芭蕾舞女演员
- 芭蕾舞演員 /芭蕾舞演员 (bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán)female ballet dancer
- 芭蕾舞女演員 /芭蕾舞女演员 (bālěiwǔ nǚ yǎnyuán)female ballet dancer
Czech balerína, baletka
- balerínafemale ballet dancer
- baletkafemale ballet dancer
Danish balletdanser, solodanser
- balletdansermale ballet dancer
- solodansermale ballet dancer
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
- primaballerinathe star female ballet dancer
Dutch ballerina
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
Finnish balettitanssijatar, ballerina
- balettitanssijatarfemale ballet dancer
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
French ballerine
- ballerinefemale ballet dancer
German Ballerina, Ballettänzerin
- Ballerinafemale ballet dancer
- Ballettänzerinfemale ballet dancer
Greek μπαλαρίνα
- μπαλαρίνα (balarína)female ballet dancer
Hungarian balerina
- balerinafemale ballet dancer
Icelandic ballettdansmær
- ballettdansmærfemale ballet dancer
Indonesian balerina
- balerinafemale ballet dancer
Irish cailín bailé
- cailín bailéfemale ballet dancer
Italian ballerina
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
Japanese バレリーナ
- バレリーナ (barerīna)female ballet dancer
Korean 발레리나
- 발레리나 (ballerina)female ballet dancer
Māori kaiori hiteki
- kaiori hitekifemale ballet dancer
Norwegian Bokmål ballerinadanser, ballerina
- ballerinadansermale ballet dancer
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
- ballettdanserinnefemale ballet dancer
- ballerinathe star female ballet dancer
- primaballerinathe star female ballet dancer
Persian بالِرین
- بالِرین (bâlerin)female ballet dancer
Polish baletnik, balerina
- baletnikmale ballet dancer
- balerinafemale ballet dancer
- baletnicafemale ballet dancer
- primabalerinathe star female ballet dancer
Portuguese bailarina
- bailarinafemale ballet dancer
Romanian balerină, baletistă
- balerinăfemale ballet dancer
- baletistăfemale ballet dancer
Russian балери́на
- балери́на (balerína)female ballet dancer
Slovak balerína
- balerínafemale ballet dancer
Spanish bailarina
- bailarinafemale ballet dancer
Swedish balettdansör, ballerina
- balettdansörmale ballet dancer
- ballerinafemale ballet dancer
- balettdansösfemale ballet dancer
- prima ballerinathe star female ballet dancer
Thai นักบัลเลต์
- นักบัลเลต์ (nák-bal-lee)female ballet dancer
Turkish balerin
- balerinfemale ballet dancer
Ukrainian балери́на
- балери́на (balerýna)female ballet dancer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ballerina
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ballerina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballerina
MLA
“ballerina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballerina. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballerina,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballerina.
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