"ballet dancer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ballet dancers [plural], ballet-dancer [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballet dancer (plural ballet dancers)
  1. A person who performs ballet. Synonyms: ballerina Translations (a person who dances in ballets): balletdanser [masculine] (Dutch), ballerina [feminine] (Dutch), balletdanseres [feminine] (Dutch), balettitanssija (Finnish), danseur de ballet [masculine] (French), danseuse de ballet [feminine] (French), ballerin [masculine] (French), ballerine [feminine] (French), Balletttänzer [masculine] (German), Balletttänzerin [feminine] (German), balett-táncos (Hungarian), damhsóir bailé [masculine] (Irish), rinceoir bailé [masculine] (Irish), ballerino [masculine] (Italian), ballerina [feminine] (Italian), baletowy rejowaŕ [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), baletowa rejowaŕka [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), балетан (baletan) [masculine] (Macedonian), балерина (balerina) [feminine] (Macedonian), ballerina [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ballettdanser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ballettdanserinne [archaic, feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), رقصنده باله (raqsande-ye bâle) (Persian), tancerz baletowy [masculine, person] (Polish), tancerka baletowa [feminine] (Polish), bailarino [masculine] (Portuguese), bailarina [feminine] (Portuguese), baleťák [colloquial, masculine] (Slovak), balettdansare [common-gender] (Swedish), balettdansös [common-gender] (Swedish), balettdansör (Swedish), ballerina (Swedish), bale dansçısı (Turkish), baletnik [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), baletowy rejwar [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), baletowy rejowar [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), baletny rejwar [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), baletny rejowar m baletowa rejowarka [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)

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      ],
      "word": "bailarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baleťák"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baletowy rejowaŕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baletowa rejowaŕka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "hsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baletnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "hsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baletowy rejwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "hsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baletowy rejowar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "hsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baletny rejwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "hsb",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baletny rejowar m baletowa rejowarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "balettdansare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "balettdansös"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "word": "balettdansör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "word": "ballerina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a person who dances in ballets",
      "word": "bale dansçısı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballet dancer"
}

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