name
Meaning 1
A surname from Italian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
ballerino
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/ˌbæləˈɹiːnoʊ/
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rhymes with -iːnəʊ
noun
Meaning 2
A male ballet dancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A male ballet dancer.
Ellipsis of primo ballerino (“star male ballet performer of a company”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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History
Etymology
From Italian Ballerino.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwelH-der. Late Latin ballāre Italian ballare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian ballerinobor. English ballerino Borrowed from Italian ballerino.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: Ballerino — Translations
- Polish: Ballerino — Translations
- French: ballerin — male ballet dancer
- Italian: ballerino — male ballet dancer
- Polish: baletnik — male ballet dancer
- Portuguese: bailarino — male ballet dancer
- Romanian: balerin — male ballet dancer
- Spanish: bailarín — male ballet dancer