Ballerino - Wiktionary

See also: Ballerino

English

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Etymology

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From Italian ballerino.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˌbæləɹˈiːnoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
• Hyphenation: bal‧le‧ri‧no

Noun

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ballerino (plural ballerinos or ballerini)

1. A male ballet dancer.
   • 1947, Daily Variety‎[1], volume 57, page 16:BALLERINOS WANTED / Can use a few trained ballerinos for "Song of Norway" tour. Auditions TODAY at 2 p.m., Masonic Temple, Hollywood. Bring practice clothes and toe shoes.
   • 2007 June 17, David Colman, “The Merman of La Scala”, in New York Times‎[2]:As aware as you are, though, consider how much more keenly the leaping ballerinas and ballerinos of the world feel the tow with every move they make.
   • 2016, Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night‎[3]:The evening’s performance began with members of the ballet from Faust re-creating the Cave of Queens and Courtesans within the salle de danse, the ballerinos and ballerinas entering as the guests danced and joined them. As dancer after dancer entered, I could hear gasps and cries of the guests, startled to find them in their midst.
   1. Ellipsis of primo ballerino (“star male ballet performer of a company”)

Related terms

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• ballerina

Translations

[edit] male ballet dancer

French: ballerin (fr) m Italian: ballerino (it) m Polish: baletnik (pl) m Portuguese: bailarino (pt) m Romanian: balerin (ro) m Spanish: bailarín (es) m

Italian

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Etymology

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From ballare +‎ -ino.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /bal.leˈri.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: bal‧le‧rì‧no

Adjective

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

1. dancing
2. unstable

Noun

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ballerino m (plural ballerini, feminine ballerina)

1. dancer, ballet dancer (male) hoofer

Related terms

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• ballo
• prima ballerina
• primo ballerino
• solista

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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• barellino, bollinare, ribellano