ballerinan.

Brit.

/ˌbaləˈriːnə/, U.S.

/ˌbæləˈrinə/

Inflections: Plural ballerinas, ballerine.

Forms: 1700s ballarini (plural), 1700s (1900s– nonstandard) ballarina, 1800s– ballerina.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian ballerina.

Etymology: < Italian ballerina (a1492), feminine form corresponding to ballerino (see ballerino n.). Compare French ballerine (1596 in Middle French as †balerine ), Spanish bailarina (early 17th cent.), also German Ballerina (17th cent.). Sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in French and Italian until later (1952 and 1970 respectively). Compare prima ballerina n.In plural form ballerine after the Italian plural form. The following quot. probably shows an apparently isolated earlier borrowing of the Italian word (with the ending, compare -ine suffix⁴):a1576 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 100/2 Hoppestre, a woman dauncer, a ballarine.

1. A female ballet dancer, esp. one who undertakes a leading role in classical ballet.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > female

ballerina1789

danseuse1828

ballet girl1839

toe-dancer1898

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > for specific purpose > for dancing

trippera1847

ballet shoe1858

ballet slipper1880

ballet pump1914

pointe shoe1951

ballerina1952

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 31 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 216 The ballarini, or female dancers, have the same fury of motion.

1815 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Nov. (1975) IV. 330 We have had a devil of a row among our ballerinas.

1878 in C. Grove Dict. Music I. 131 The first professional ballerina of note..was Mlle. Lafontaine.

1878 in C. Grove Dict. Music I. 132 These eminent ballerine.

1911 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing ix. 127 At seventeen they [sc. pupils at the Imperial (Russian) Ballet School] begin their career as members of the corps de ballet, from which the most prominent rise upwards..through the various grades of..premier sujet, première danseuse or ballerina, and ballerina assoluta.

1936 ‘C. Brahms’ Footnotes to Ballet ii. 70 But whatever her position (whether she be ballerina or chorina), the dancer is extended at her best in this work.

1952 Evening News 5 Jan. 4/3 A young dancer not yet accorded ballerina status.

1986 S. Minot Monkeys v. 83 Mimi Vanden was one of those girls who sat with her back arched and held her neck taut like a ballerina.

2001 Kenyon Rev. Winter 157 Adams weighed more than today's dancers, and her solidity makes the duet look more sexually dangerous than when danced by today's highly skilled but rail-thin ballerinas.

2. Short for ballerina shoe n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other

pantofle1494

mule1562

pantap1570

scarpinea1586

sock1597

sandal1794

powdering slipper1800

carpet slipper1851

Romeo slipper1889

Romeo1892

slipperslapper1922

Grecian slipper1926

Slipperette1931

ballerina1947

1947 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 28 Apr. 3 Girls' silver and gold sandals... Young girls' ballerinas. Red or blue colors.

1959 Housewife June 26 We show the Ladies 38 slip on Ballerina.

2007 N.Y. Mag. 12 Feb. 54/1 New Yorkers walk a lot, so ballerinas make sense. They're comfortable, and they go well with skinny jeans.

Compounds

ballerina shoe n. a light, flat-heeled, and now usually strapless women's or girl's shoe similar to the type worn by ballerinas.

ΚΠ

1946 Hammond Times (Hammond, Indiana) 13 May 6/1 Platform soles, both studded and plain, and ballerina shoes for women and children were numerous.

1950 Leader 1 Apr. 34/2 Flat ‘ballerina’ shoes with criss-cross straps.

2007 Express (Nexis) 2 June 63 An embroidered ballerina shoe, in cream and citrus or coral pink.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ballerina
释义	ballerinan. Brit. /ˌbaləˈriːnə/, U.S. /ˌbæləˈrinə/ Inflections: Plural ballerinas, ballerine. Forms: 1700s ballarini (plural), 1700s (1900s– nonstandard) ballarina, 1800s– ballerina. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian ballerina. Etymology: < Italian ballerina (a1492), feminine form corresponding to ballerino (see ballerino n.). Compare French ballerine (1596 in Middle French as †balerine ), Spanish bailarina (early 17th cent.), also German Ballerina (17th cent.). Sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in French and Italian until later (1952 and 1970 respectively). Compare prima ballerina n.In plural form ballerine after the Italian plural form. The following quot. probably shows an apparently isolated earlier borrowing of the Italian word (with the ending, compare -ine suffix⁴):a1576 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 100/2 Hoppestre, a woman dauncer, a ballarine. 1. A female ballet dancer, esp. one who undertakes a leading role in classical ballet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > female ballerina1789 danseuse1828 ballet girl1839 toe-dancer1898 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > for specific purpose > for dancing trippera1847 ballet shoe1858 ballet slipper1880 ballet pump1914 pointe shoe1951 ballerina1952 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 31 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 216 The ballarini, or female dancers, have the same fury of motion. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Nov. (1975) IV. 330 We have had a devil of a row among our ballerinas. 1878 in C. Grove Dict. Music I. 131 The first professional ballerina of note..was Mlle. Lafontaine. 1878 in C. Grove Dict. Music I. 132 These eminent ballerine. 1911 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing ix. 127 At seventeen they [sc. pupils at the Imperial (Russian) Ballet School] begin their career as members of the corps de ballet, from which the most prominent rise upwards..through the various grades of..premier sujet, première danseuse or ballerina, and ballerina assoluta. 1936 ‘C. Brahms’ Footnotes to Ballet ii. 70 But whatever her position (whether she be ballerina or chorina), the dancer is extended at her best in this work. 1952 Evening News 5 Jan. 4/3 A young dancer not yet accorded ballerina status. 1986 S. Minot Monkeys v. 83 Mimi Vanden was one of those girls who sat with her back arched and held her neck taut like a ballerina. 2001 Kenyon Rev. Winter 157 Adams weighed more than today's dancers, and her solidity makes the duet look more sexually dangerous than when danced by today's highly skilled but rail-thin ballerinas. 2. Short for ballerina shoe n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other pantofle1494 mule1562 pantap1570 scarpinea1586 sock1597 sandal1794 powdering slipper1800 carpet slipper1851 Romeo slipper1889 Romeo1892 slipperslapper1922 Grecian slipper1926 Slipperette1931 ballerina1947 1947 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 28 Apr. 3 Girls' silver and gold sandals... Young girls' ballerinas. Red or blue colors. 1959 Housewife June 26 We show the Ladies 38 slip on Ballerina. 2007 N.Y. Mag. 12 Feb. 54/1 New Yorkers walk a lot, so ballerinas make sense. They're comfortable, and they go well with skinny jeans. Compounds ballerina shoe n. a light, flat-heeled, and now usually strapless women's or girl's shoe similar to the type worn by ballerinas. ΚΠ 1946 Hammond Times (Hammond, Indiana) 13 May 6/1 Platform soles, both studded and plain, and ballerina shoes for women and children were numerous. 1950 Leader 1 Apr. 34/2 Flat ‘ballerina’ shoes with criss-cross straps. 2007 Express (Nexis) 2 June 63 An embroidered ballerina shoe, in cream and citrus or coral pink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789
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