different between ballerina vs ballerino

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæl???i?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

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

(index b)

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l?eri(?)n?/, [?b?l?e??ri(?)n?]
• Rhymes: -in?
• Syllabification: 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

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

ballerina

1. feminine singular of ballerino

Noun

ballerina f (plural ballerine)

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

   Synonyms: batticoda, cutrettola

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

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

1. (dance) a ballerina

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

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

1. (dance) a ballerina

References

• “ballerina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian ballerina.

Noun

ballerina c

1. (dance) ballerina

Declension

English

Etymology

From Italian ballerino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæl???i?no?/
• Rhymes: -i?n??
• Hyphenation: bal?le?ri?no

Noun

ballerino (plural ballerinos)

1. The star male ballet performer of a company.

Related terms

• ballerina

Italian

Etymology

ballare +? -ino

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.le?ri.no/

Adjective

ballerino (feminine ballerina, masculine plural ballerini, feminine plural ballerine)

1. dancing
2. unstable

Noun

ballerino m (plural ballerini, feminine ballerina)

1. dancer, ballet dancer (male) hoofer

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: ballerino
• ? French: ballerin
  • ? Romanian: balerin

Anagrams

• barellino, ribellano

Further reading

• ballerino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana