Ballerina Definition

bălə-rēnə
ballerinas
noun
ballerinas
A principal woman dancer in a ballet company.
American Heritage
A girl or woman ballet dancer.
Webster's New World
A ballet dancer who is a woman or a girl.
American Heritage

A female ballet dancer.

Wiktionary

The star female ballet performer in the company.

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Other Word Forms of Ballerina

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?

  • Do the ballerina figures still spin properly?

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

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

  • And I have promised SB a barge holiday one day - like Angelina ballerina.

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Words Starting With

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ANAINA

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