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Plural of ballerina

regular plural

The plural of ballerina is ballerinas or ballerine.

Forms of ballerina

Singularballerina /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/
Pluralballerinas
ballerine
Countablecountable

Ballerinas and ballerine in a sentence

  • His classical variations are high-octane sprints; he lifts ballerinas like they’re feathers.2021 March 10, Gia Kourlas, “Ballet Is Hard Enough. What Happens When You Lose a Year?”, in The New York Times. From the entry consummate
  • The first sentence means that all escortings by officers in Saint Petersburg were escortings of ballerinas.2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 422. From the entry escorting
  • The second sentence means that all escortings of ballerinas in Saint Petersburg were escortings by officers.2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 422. From the entry escorting
  • The NKVD uses attractive ballerinas for honeypot espionage.2004, Richard C.S. Trahair, Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 353. From the entry honeypot
  • 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.2007 June 17, David Colman, “The Merman of La Scala”, in New York Times. From the entry ballerino

Meaning of ballerina

  1. noun A female ballet dancer.
  2. noun A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino.
  3. noun A ballet flat shoe.

Full definition of ballerina

Questions about the plural of ballerina

What is the plural of ballerina?
The plural of ballerina is ballerinas or ballerine.
Which is correct, ballerinas or ballerine?
Both are used. ballerinas is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is ballerina countable?
Ballerina is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballerina (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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