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All Slavic langueges: Ballet dancer

vianie

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Slovak
Hello, do you have a one-word name for a male ballet dancer?

Slovak doesn't, although it does have "baleťák" in its non-standard register.

Slovak just uses "tanečník baletu", "sólista baletu" or "baletný majster" for it.

The female dancer of ballet is called "balerína" or "baletka".
Hello, do you have a one-word name for a male ballet dancer?
Similarly to the Slovak language, in Polish typically two words are used, like "tancerz baletu" or, if he's prominent, "solista baletu". There is "baletmistrz", but it's a balet teacher or a balet troupe leader (director) rather than an actual dancer - albeit it's sometimes used in this meaning as well.

I've found a word "baletnik" in a dictionary, but it's extremely rare and I do not think I've ever heard it being actually used.
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There is balerun/балерун in Russian. The Russian dictionaries that countenance it label it informal. The word tancovščik/тансовщик seems to be favored by people in the industry. There are several comments on the word balerun online made by people who eschew it.
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Are these syllables stressed?
Yes, baletnik in Slovenian.
balétnik ?
There is balerun/балерун in Russian. The Russian dictionaries that countenance it label it informal. The word tancovščik/тансовщик seems to be favored by people in the industry. There are several comments on the word balerun online made by people who eschew it.
balerún? táncovščik?
Bulgarian

Балерина/balerina for female
Балетист/baletist for male
balerína?
baletíst?
Balerun and tancovščik.
The first term is generally a kind of "what should I call it" form with a sarcastic feel, and the second one (at least in the common, not professional, discourse) is a little dated or somewhat colloquial meaning simply "dancer".
The full and correct term in Russian is артист балета "artist of ballet"; people also can say танцор балета - which is again about a "dancer ..." and so rather loose since they not just dance there.
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