ballerinoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˌbæləɹˈiːnoʊ/
• 韻: -iːnəʊ
• ハイフネーション: bal‧le‧ri‧no

名詞

ballerino (plural ballerinos or ballerini)

1. A male ballet dancer.
   • 1947, Daily Variety‎, volume 57, page 16:

     BALLERINOS WANTED / Can use a few trained ballerinos for "Song of Norway" tour. Auditions TODAY at 2 p.m., Masonic Temple, Hollywood. Bring practice clothes and toe shoes.

   • 2007 June 17, David Colman, “The Merman of La Scala”, in New York Times‎:

     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.

   • 2016, Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night‎:

     The evening’s performance began with members of the ballet from Faust re-creating the Cave of Queens and Courtesans within the salle de danse, the ballerinos and ballerinas entering as the guests danced and joined them. As dancer after dancer entered, I could hear gasps and cries of the guests, startled to find them in their midst.

   1. Ellipsis of primo ballerino (“star male ballet performer of a company”)

関連する語

• ballerina