ballerina
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bal·le·ri·na
(băl'ə-rē'nə) 
n.
n.
- A principal woman dancer in a ballet company.
- A woman ballet dancer.
[Italian, from ballare, to dance, from Late Latin ballāre, from Greek ballizein. See ball2.]
Oxford Dictionary of Dance:
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ballerina
The term, which in Italian means female dancer, strictly refers to a principal female dancer in a ballet company. It is never correctly used in connection with any other form of dance.
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ballerina
IN BRIEF: A female dancer who usually wears a tutu and special soft shoes.
I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.
— Margaret Atwood
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- Ballet - ballerina: female dancer, esp. company’s principal ballerina
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Ballerina
Français (French)
n. - ballerine
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ballerina, Ballettänzerin
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπαλαρίνα, χορεύτρια (κλασικού χορού)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bailarina (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - bailarina
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ballerina
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
芭蕾舞女
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 芭蕾舞女
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) راقصه باليه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - רקדנית בלט, בלרינה
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