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Ballerina definition

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A principal woman dancer in a ballet company.
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A ballet dancer who is a woman or a girl.
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A girl or woman ballet dancer.
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A female ballet dancer.
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The star female ballet performer in the company.
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(less common, sometimes derogatory) A male ballet dancer.
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Noun

Singular:
ballerina
Plural:
ballerinas

Origin of ballerina

  • Italian from ballare to dance from Late Latin ballāre from Greek ballizein ball2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Italian ballerina.

    From Wiktionary

Ballerina Sentence Examples

  • Will she ever become the ballerina she longs to be?

  • And I have a very gifted dramatic ballerina Leticia Muller - the best since Lynn Seymour, that's what I would say.

  • The Museum has a large collection of material relating to the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, given to the Museum in the 1930s.

  • The fact that such a famous ballerina chose Shirley to compose for her new show is a triumph for Shirley.

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