prima ballerina

[pree-muh]

noun

1. the principal ballerina in a ballet company.

prima ballerina

/ ˈpriːmə /

noun

1. a leading female ballet dancer

prima ballerina

1. The leading ballerina in a dance company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prima ballerina¹

1895–1900; < Italian: literally, first ballerina

Word History and Origins

Origin of prima ballerina¹

from Italian, literally: first ballerina

Example Sentences

Any joy she had once taken in dancing had left her, as had her grandiose dreams of being, at twelve years old, the youngest prima ballerina in the history of ballet.

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Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.

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All she had to do was surrender her prima ballerina goals for homesteader cosplay, and her voice to let her husband do the talking for her.

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But Valieva’s grace was what lifted her to another level: She floated across the ice, moving to the music as gently as a prima ballerina, with every inch of her body feeling the music.

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Ms. Seymour and Gable were dropped from the main cast, and the ballet opened with Rudolf Nureyev and prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, to whom she was forced to teach the steps.

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