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This time around, forget about ballerinas or pointy flats.—Renata Joffre, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025 Ground Pastels With a Khaki Set Speaking of color pops: At Gucci soft purple ballerinas added a playful twist to a crisp khaki set.—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025 The father-daughter team behind the House of Gilles, fashion designer Gilles Mendel and Chloe Mendel Corgan are right at ease with ballerinas.—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025 These last few seasons, ballerina shoes have firmly conquered the fashion scene.—Marilú Almaguer, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballerina
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Italian, "woman who dances professionally or for pleasure," feminine counterpart of ballarino, ballerino "professional dancer, person who loves to dance," from ballare "to dance" (going back to Late Latin ballāre) + -ar-, -er-, extension in nominal derivation + -ino, suffix of occupations (as in postino "mailman," scalpellino "stonemason"), going back to Latin -īnus-ine entry 1 — more at ball entry 3
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