say it: BAL-uhn-cheen
balanchine is a noun meaning "United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)". It carries one recorded sense.
United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for balanchine come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.