ballerine
French, noun/bal.ʁin/
ballerine is spelled B-A-L-L-E-R-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballerine is a French feminine noun meaning “ballerina, female ballet dancer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danseuse de ballet, de théâtre”.
What does ballerine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineballerina, female ballet dancer
- 2
feminineballet shoe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danseuse de ballet, de théâtre 2. Chausson pour la danse classique. 3. Chaussure féminine fermée et décolletée à bouts ronds, souvent plate et possédant parfois un talon très mince ou aucun talon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ballerine
- ballerines plural
- ballerin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballerine?
- /bal.ʁin/
- \bal.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ballerine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ballerine in French?
ballerine appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).