ballerino

From Italian ballerino.

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

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”)

• ballerina

From ballare +‎ -ino.

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

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

1. dancing
2. unstable

ballerino m (plural ballerini, feminine ballerina)

1. dancer, ballet dancer (male) hoofer

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

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

• barellino, bollinare, ribellano