744: ballerina Dec 21, 2016

To ask what the male counterpart for a ballerina would be goes further than simply the masculine an feminine forms for a single word. Colloquially, 'ballerina' is simply a female ballet-dancer, but more technically, she is the head- female dancer. As such, there isn't as much need to make a distinction based on gender; there is the ballerina and then everyone else would simply be termed a 'dancer'. Interestingly, however, the word, 'ballerina' is the feminine form of the Italian, 'ballerino', but since ballet uses French terminology, this word is not a title for any male dancer.