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Question by charley
Submitted on 9/11/2003
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if a female ballet dancer is called a ballerina, what is a male ballet dancer called


Answer by Paul
Submitted on 9/26/2003
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A danseur, or dancer.

 

Answer by dodger
Submitted on 11/13/2003
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A male ballet dancer is also called a cavalier.

 

Answer by chris smith
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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You are all wrong. He is called a ballerino.

 

Answer by mahk
Submitted on 4/2/2004
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The french danseur is correct, or the all inclusive "balletomane"

 

Answer by Tim
Submitted on 4/4/2004
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Danseur

 

Answer by Ashy
Submitted on 4/18/2004
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Tim is right. I looked 'danseur' in the dictionary...
: a male ballet dancer  

 

Answer by amber
Submitted on 4/22/2004
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It is definantly a ballarino!

 

Answer by Fatman
Submitted on 5/9/2004
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"Danseur" is listed as a "male ballet dancer"
in:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
Merriam Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
but "ballarino" has no listing, nor does it
translate in any French-English or Italian-English dictionaries I can find.

 

Answer by gdot
Submitted on 5/25/2004
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Canadian National Ballet Company principal dancer Rex Harrington has used on several occasions the term "ballerino" to refer to himself.

 

Answer by Lee
Submitted on 6/9/2004
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The male dancer can be called a "danseur" or "balladeere" if he does ballet.

 

Answer by Spelling Bee
Submitted on 6/17/2004
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Try spelling ballErino right and it will work in both the dictionary and the online translators.

 

Answer by amanda
Submitted on 6/21/2004
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the answer is definitely "danseur". ballerino isn't even a word.

 

Answer by mow
Submitted on 6/27/2004
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Anyone who claims that a male ballet dancer is a "ballerino" is an idiot.  It is not even a real word.  Even if the Canadian calls himself a ballerino that does not make it real.  I can call myself a hooperdink, but that doesn't mean you can find it in the dictionary.

 

Answer by ass
Submitted on 6/28/2004
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i am a ballarina and i dance with many male dancers, and just so everyone knows there are many ways to say "male ballet dancer"..but i was just watching jessica simpson'snew show and i have to admitt that i like the way she said "BALLERINO" so i'mgoing to start to use that...

 

Answer by Allison
Submitted on 7/7/2004
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Look ya'llit is "Danseur" it is in the dictionary and you can not argue with that in the dictionary is says that a "danseur" is a man who is a ballet dancer. DUH!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by Amp
Submitted on 7/8/2004
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Look here for the answer:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmalebal.html

 

Answer by marc
Submitted on 8/5/2004
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ballerine

 

Answer by Erin
Submitted on 8/20/2004
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It is DANSEUR.  Now if Jessica Simpson said it was "ballerino", I think we all know that it must be something else.

 

Answer by Squire_Will
Submitted on 8/26/2004
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A search of the web produced these sites ...
Danza Dance .com - il ballerino Luca Tommassini
... A soli 17 anni era primo ballerino nella trasmissione televisiva Festival, condotta
da Pippo Baudo, dove ha ballato al fianco di Lorella Cuccarini, insieme ...
www.danzadance.com
Danza Dance .com - il ballerino Valerio, del programma TV Amici
... Stiamo parlando di Valerio Pino, il ballerino che ha quasi sostituito Kledi nel
cuore degli italiani e di tutti i fans di "Saranno Famosi". ...
www.danzadance.com
Feel free to omit logic and facts when you make your decision as to whether the word ballerino exists or not.  At least somebody thinks that it does.

 

Answer by Mr Love
Submitted on 9/28/2004
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Mr Ballerino is the proper way to addrress royalty such as myself. your all retarded. all hail queen elizabeth.


vote kerry '04

 

Answer by Alan
Submitted on 9/29/2004
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Based on a bunch of computer research of the above answers:

Danseur and Ballerino are both correct.  [To the individual who said it isn't a word, that may be.  But words are based on the history of their usage, not on what any individual, group, or organization decides what a word should, or shouldn't, be.  And the word Ballerino is in common enough usage it has become a word.

On the other hand,

balletomane is an ardent admirer of the ballet

balladeere is a misspelling of either:

Balladeer - a singer of ballads
or
Ballader - a writer of ballads.

:-)

 

Answer by getalife
Submitted on 10/29/2004
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get a life you saddos

 

Answer by hello
Submitted on 11/10/2004
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You idiots, there is no such thing as a "ballerino." You are all as dumb as Jessica Simpson.

 

Answer by Joey R Ortego
Submitted on 11/30/2004
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Danseur is a male ballet dancer or in chivalry style, a cavalier. The female ballet dancer is a danseuse.

 

Answer by ChEeSe DoG
Submitted on 12/7/2004
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Even though the word ballerino sounds way cooler the right word is danseur.but i would defenitly use the word ballerino cuz how often do u hear that word!?ż!

 

Answer by Pietro
Submitted on 12/19/2004
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Ballerina is Italian for female ballet dancer.  Ballerino is Italian for male ballet dancer.  I would not start mixing French with Italian - stick to one language and accept Ballerino as the appropriate male equivalent.  If it's not in your dictionary, you don't have an Italian dictionary.  The French spelling is Ballerine.

 

Answer by LanMan
Submitted on 1/4/2005
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Dansuer is so..... well... FRENCH. I personally like Ballerino. If Jessia says it's so... IT IS SO!!! Besides, how do you think words get in the dictionary? They aren't the ones that coin the terms.

 

Answer by hooperdink
Submitted on 1/11/2005
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look ya'll its ballerino. my boyfriends a ballerino so i think id know!cya'll x

 

Answer by molls
Submitted on 1/22/2005
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everyone who is supporting the idea that ballerino is the title of a male dancer should be on life support because you're brain dead. please stop yourself from doing ANYTHING because you saw jessica simpson doing it.

 

Answer by t
Submitted on 2/6/2005
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ballerino sounds good to me :P hehe

 

Answer by lexy
Submitted on 2/18/2005
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i agree with as* it is BALLERINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ddddddduuuuuuuuuhhhhhh
ooo yay and Chris smith too

 

Answer by Yo yo ma
Submitted on 3/20/2005
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he is a baller

 

Answer by joa
Submitted on 4/6/2005
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why can't it just be all those names...?

 

Answer by fatboy slim
Submitted on 4/7/2005
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a faggot

 

Answer by MT
Submitted on 4/14/2005
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It's balleweiner for sure.

 

Answer by Homo-rina
Submitted on 4/17/2005
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Seems to me that the word for a male ballerina is Gay.

 

Answer by ARRAN BROWN
Submitted on 4/20/2005
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A MALE BALLET DANCER IS CALLED NOTHING BUT BRAVE.


 

Answer by Suzy
Submitted on 5/10/2005
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it is danseur.. all you who think differently are plainly stupid

 

Answer by zip
Submitted on 5/18/2005
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ballarino was used in 1581 in Italy and is a male dancer of ballet (which comes from a Latin based word for dance) and the word ballerina preceded it slightly. The word ballerina did not make it into the English language until 1792.

To present the idea it is not in a dictionary and therefore not a word, would mean SPAM is not a word.

Words are added to language all the time. Ask any lexicographer. If you are going to use the word ballerina (f) then ballarino (m) would be correct.

 

Answer by lindsay
Submitted on 5/19/2005
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actually "mahk". put this in your pipe and smoke it. what an idiot. i hate when people think they're so much smarter than everyone else, and it turns out they're just another self-idolizing idiot.
bal·let·o·mane( P )  Pronunciation Key  (b-lt-mn)
n.
An ardent admirer of the ballet.

 

Answer by Bree
Submitted on 7/3/2005
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for whoever said your all wrong.. actually your wrong.. all those terms are correct.. and i don't think ballerino is .. honestly i think they are referred to as male ballet dancers

 

Answer by RA
Submitted on 8/10/2005
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Hey hooperdink, you're wrong.  Ballerino is in fact grammatically correct Italian.  The term ballerino is used within the dance community.  

 

Answer by joedancer
Submitted on 8/14/2005
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also called 'dance master' in the states.

 

Answer by THE DANIELLE
Submitted on 8/18/2005
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A MALE BALLERINA IS JUST BALLERINA PERIOD.

 

Answer by agastar
Submitted on 8/19/2005
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a female dancer is called a ballerina . . . a male dancer is called a faggot

 

Answer by Ballerinaboy
Submitted on 8/26/2005
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I am a boy in Ballet, and my Madame calls me a ballerina, so I call myself a ballerina :/. Also, I have to wear a 5 layer tutu and tights and a corsette(did i say it right?). And I also have to wear ballet slippers. And all that is either white or pink. Its like my Madame wants me to act Feminine er something lol.

 

Answer by dinkyp
Submitted on 9/12/2005
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Maybe if all you Americans looked in an ENGLISH dictionary you would see that ballerino (dancing master) and danseur(masculine form of ballerina) are both ways of saying 'male ballet dancer'.

 

Answer by Lucy_angel02
Submitted on 9/19/2005
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I agree with danseur! thanks for your advice i used it for my ballet project

 

Answer by The Doctor
Submitted on 10/21/2005
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Guess what guys?! I found HOOPERDINK in the dictionary!

 

Answer by Burt
Submitted on 11/16/2005
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Ballerina is italian for female dancer
Ballerino is italian for male dancer

 

Answer by noodles
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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Ballerina is Italian for female ballet dancer, ballerino is Italian for male ballet dancer.
Danseuse is French for a female dancer, danseur is French for a male dancer.
As you can see the word 'ballerina' in  English is a loanword from Italian.

 

Answer by don ventura
Submitted on 12/6/2005
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if we accept danseur as french masculine for feminine danseuse, why not accept ballerino as italian masculine for feminine ballerina?  It seems quite logical... however a tendency to favor french over italian leads people to be pretentious by saying "danseur" which most don't pronounce correctly anyway.  Personally if ballerino is unacceptable to most I would go with common usage.... which is ballerina/ballet dancer.  Incidentally, the term "ballerina" came into English usage at a time when Italy was the leader in the world of ballet.

 

Answer by Gibbousmoon
Submitted on 12/17/2005
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Ballerino is the Italian.

It's only starting to gain currency in English.  For those of you who scream and cry that it's not in the dictionary, consider this:

The word "ninja" was not in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary until well into the 90's, iirc, well after the ninja craze of the 80's.  Presumably they still considered the word still to be Japanese until that time.

This is the way English works.  It picks up new words all the time.  Whether or not a given word is justifiably English yet is often a gray question.  No one can say for sure, but it seems likely that "ballerino" will eventually be accepted, since it is readily understood.

 

Answer by star
Submitted on 12/17/2005
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a male ballet dancer is a ballerino.. . ask any ballet teacher or male ballet dancer

 

Answer by hangmeat
Submitted on 12/18/2005
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Moron...  He is to be reffered to as a homo-erotic, tight weraing, cod pice bearer :-)

 

Answer by drew
Submitted on 12/22/2005
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A male ballet dancer is called a ballerino but can be called a danseur. Danseur is more commonly used by male ballet dancers because ballerino can be mistaken for ballerina.

 

Answer by Mr. Pemumpkin
Submitted on 12/22/2005
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My wife says the correct word for a male ballet dancer is "balleroo".  She is right about everything else, so this must be right, too.

 

Answer by shallyn
Submitted on 12/26/2005
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i take offense to the fact that you said if you say ballerino you're an idiot! you are the idiot for not putting two and two together! if you had any foreign language background you'd know that ballerina is an Italian word! anything that ends in an "a" is feminine so masculine is an "o" ballerinO English adopted ballerina for any type of dancer and didn't adopt ballerino! it is a word you just don't hear most people use it! and if you do you're not wrong!

 

Answer by asianpride
Submitted on 12/26/2005
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i like dope

 

Answer by brittany
Submitted on 1/2/2006
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a ballerina that is a man is definitely a ballerino

 

Answer by feisty
Submitted on 1/7/2006
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People, it all depends on what language you're speaking.  In Italian it's ballerina and ballerino, in French it's danseur and danseuse, in Spanish it's bailarín and bailarina

 

Answer by guest
Submitted on 1/28/2006
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my son says balerrino means  GAY!

 

Answer by kieran
Submitted on 1/30/2006
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what is a male ballet dancer called

 

Answer by stephanos
Submitted on 2/6/2006
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well danseur fits into my crossword for male ballet performer

 

Answer by logie
Submitted on 2/7/2006
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I know a guy who refers to himself as hooperdink the ballerino. I think he is a dude, so i guess it is ballerino. Sometimes refered to Crotch pheasant (in Turkey).

 

Answer by ballerino
Submitted on 3/15/2006
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BALLERINO Should be a word.

 

Answer by Roo
Submitted on 3/22/2006
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A male dancer can simply be called a "Danseur" "Balletomane" "Balladeere" or "cavalier" but some people are starting to use "Ballerino" although this is not a word found in a dictionary if more people start to use it then it may become a real government approved word!!!

 

Answer by WolfWild
Submitted on 4/5/2006
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You can't argue with "danseur", but a "balladeere" is someone who sings ballads.

 

Answer by jqpezdragon
Submitted on 4/5/2006
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Ballerina is an Italian word, from the root ballo.  Since Italian is a language with gender specifics, the standard masculine conjugation of Ballerina is Ballerino.  The French, unhappy accepting the words of another language, began using their own words, danseur (male) and danseuse (female), because they're pricks like that.  So, in short, you're all right, and all retarded.

 

Answer by Nibs
Submitted on 4/24/2006
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I am a ballet dancer myself and i think that danseur is the correct usage of a male ballet dancers and all people that done think that should start ballet themselves to find out!!

 

Answer by herman
Submitted on 4/26/2006
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Ballerinbro, Bro.

 

Answer by Ellie
Submitted on 5/30/2006
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Maybe they are both right! did anyone ever think of that! they might just be used in different countries or in different contexts or something!!! think about it!

 

Answer by the perogabobs
Submitted on 6/3/2006
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a male ballerina is clearly a ballerinster, doncha know?  

 

Answer by Anderson
Submitted on 6/4/2006
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bal·lad·eer Pronunciation (bl-dîr)
n.
A singer of ballads.

dan·seuse: NOUN:
A woman who is a ballet dancer.

dan·seur: NOUN:   
A man who is a ballet dancer.

 

Answer by LaQuenda Ward
Submitted on 6/6/2006
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I agree with ass...a male ballerina is a ballerino...b/c Jessica Simpson,said so...

 

Answer by Rini
Submitted on 6/30/2006
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I myself am seventeen and just starting ballet and I was interested in finding out the name of a male who performs ballet.  This has been very helpful and resourceful to me, I thank all who have posted here before me.

 

Answer by balletmaster
Submitted on 8/5/2006
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so, a male ballerina is definately called a baller.

 

Answer by Hippo With Tutu (Non Desmond)
Submitted on 9/1/2006
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A male ballet dancer is obviously a Dinosaur.  Or a Balanccino.  But, no: that is an Italian Cup Of Coffee.

 

Answer by johnnynomates
Submitted on 9/6/2006
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Better late than never - There seems to be some confusion between French and Italian here.

Ballerina is the Italian word for a female dancer (the final a showing it's female). Therefore the correct Italian word for a male dancer is Ballerino (the o being masculine).

The French went their own way with Danseur and Danseuse for male and female respectively.

 

Answer by miserloo
Submitted on 9/17/2006
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The answer is danseuse

 

Answer by dance  king
Submitted on 9/18/2006
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you all suck butt..ive danced since i was 3 and a male ballet dancer is called a jalhmcoy..if you have any question ask my instructor. Hes a black belt so just accept it im right.

 

Answer by s b
Submitted on 10/12/2006
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i am a male dancer and it is defintley just male dancer  that is what i call my self not ballarionooo or whatever because then people make fun of me so it is just male dancer i even dance ballet

 

Answer by adam
Submitted on 10/26/2006
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Its balletino

 

Answer by nikki
Submitted on 10/28/2006
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Hi,
Im 23 years old is it to late to learn ballet and one day dance on point.
I had lessions when i was 9,10 years old.
Thank you

 

Answer by Kim
Submitted on 11/5/2006
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Ballerino is the Italian male version of Ballerina.  Danseur is French, which English stole...same thing with stealling "ballerina" from Italian.  Both are the male version of words for "ballet dancer" in the original language, and therefore both correct.  Personally, I know a little French and no Italian, so I prefer the French.  Since both are right, it doesn't matter.

 

Answer by lyssa
Submitted on 11/7/2006
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Ballerino is slang, according to www.urbandictionary.com. Danseur is the most commonly used expression. Noun balladeer 1. a singer of popular ballads 2. crooner

 

Answer by lyssa
Submitted on 11/7/2006
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bal·let·o·mane  (b-lt-mn) n. An ardent admirer of the ballet. Also, it is perfectly acceptable to create words and use them- Shakespeare undoubtedly the world's most famous playwright created over 1500 words for his plays, such as "fashionable" and redefined the English language in his day.

 

Answer by Nora
Submitted on 11/14/2006
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My friend Wilson is a ballet dancer and he refers to himself as a ballerino!!!!!!!

 

Answer by lola
Submitted on 11/15/2006
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ballerino

 

Answer by AJ
Submitted on 11/27/2006
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Danseur, which translates into dancer, ballerino sounds good but just because people use the word that doesn't make it a word as was stated before. I am a dancer and we are called danseurs. But just to make things easier, just call a male ballet dancer just that, a "male ballet dancer" problem solved.

 

Answer by drew
Submitted on 11/28/2006
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it's balladare(spelling?) you idiots...i AM one

 

Answer by Chris
Submitted on 12/23/2006
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A male ballerina is called a ballerino. It is an Italian word for dancer. Ballerina is the female form and ballerino is the male form.

 

Answer by heyy
Submitted on 12/28/2006
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ballerinos are cool.

 

Answer by Not an ass
Submitted on 12/28/2006
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Um, Ass, if you're a ballerina, then why can't you spell the word?

 

Answer by Fagalas 'R' Us
Submitted on 12/29/2006
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It's a ballerino fo' sho' b/c we're scientifically correct in this finding, we asked our beloved chemistry teacher, Mrs. Paternoster. <3

 

Answer by jennifer
Submitted on 2/8/2007
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i am at dance college now and my boyfriend has just graduated from dance college too... the male ballet dancer is known in the dancing world as a cavalier, even though the dictionary says otherwise. i didn't make the rules... i just know them!

 

Answer by Jane
Submitted on 2/10/2007
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ballerina is Italian for dancer (female gender) ballerino is Itallian for dancer (male gender).  Danseuse is French for dancer (female gender) danseur is French for dancer (male gender). English has addopted ballarina specifically for ballet dance. You can use dancer, male ballet dancer, ballerino or danseur, whatever tickles your fancy!

 

Answer by Griff
Submitted on 3/8/2007
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It is confusing. And you are all a bunch of hooperdinks.

 

Answer by Amy
Submitted on 3/14/2007
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I don't know about the rest of the world, but I wouldn't put too much faith in a website calls itself "straight dope."

 

Answer by dianna
Submitted on 3/22/2007
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lol haha nicole isnt this funni

 

Answer by Ray
Submitted on 4/15/2007
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well..male ballet dancers do have many names..i have never heard of ballerino..however aint is now in the dictionary..think about that. besides a ballet was orginaly a court performance including singing and dancing for king louis the 16 or 14. i dont remember. Also at some point in history a female dancer had to earn the title ballerina..there were three levels, ballerina, prima ballerina, and prima ballerina asoluta (I believe)..which I also believe was only ever given to Margot Fontaine by the queen of england...i think..i could be wrong.

 

Answer by Thespis
Submitted on 4/16/2007
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aculy being one this plagued me forever!!! and the correct answer Danseur or ballerino see he in lies the problem a most ballet terms are french ballet being from the french word baller wich means to dance yet the french word for a dancer is somthing like dansar wich u have the male and female terms for Danseur being one of them....but ballerina is not french it is ittalian and the ittalian term for a male ballet dancer...Ballerino

 

Answer by amers
Submitted on 4/30/2007
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its deff not ballerino. Just because you changed the end to make the word masculine doesnt mean a damn thing...wow what a dumb person...and dont blame you dumb remarks on a candian...

 

Answer by hooperdinkHater
Submitted on 5/31/2007
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Obviously a balarino is a male ballet dancer, but what the heck is a hooperdink.  If anyone is an idiot, it's someone who calls themself a hooperdink!

 

Answer by Gloria
Submitted on 6/12/2007
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Balledette

 

Answer by katie
Submitted on 6/12/2007
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a male dancer is called a danseur. anyone who thinks that a male ballerina is called a ballerino is an idiot:)

 

Answer by peter
Submitted on 7/1/2007
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a male ballerina is called a fag/queer

 

Answer by mke
Submitted on 7/2/2007
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a poof

 

Answer by on d@ rox
Submitted on 7/7/2007
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Czech: tanečník
Danish: danser; danser
Dutch: danser
Estonian: tantsija
Finnish: tanssija
French: danseur, euse
German: der, die Tänzerin
Greek: χορευτής
Hungarian: táncos
Icelandic: dansari
Indonesian: penari
Italian: BALLERINO, danzatore

 

Answer by bradlea
Submitted on 7/13/2007
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belletomane is just someone who appreciates dance, not someone who actually dances.
i'm pretty sure it is not ballerino, and is danseur.

 

Answer by Carycomic
Submitted on 7/13/2007
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  When I was a kid (back in the square Sixties), that question was treated as a riddle.  The punchline to which was:  "A sissy."

 

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