ballon

== English == === Etymology === From French ballon. Doublet of balloon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈlɒn/ === Noun === ballon (usually uncountable, plural ballons) (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair (countable) Synonym of balloon (“type of glass for wine etc”). ==== See also ==== Ballon (ballet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === no ball == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ballon, from French ballon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlɔn/ === Noun === ballon (plural ballons or ballonne) balloon ==== Derived terms ==== ballonvaarder ballonvaart lugballon warmlugballon == Albanian == === Noun === ballon m (plural ballona) alternative form of balonë f === References === Mann, S. E. (1948), “ballon”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 19a == Danish == === Etymology === From French ballon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balɔnɡ/, [b̥æˈlʌŋ] === Noun === ballon c (singular definite ballonen, plural indefinite balloner) balloon (inflatable object) bulb carboy, demijohn (large bottle) (ballet, singular only) ballon (the quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: ballonngi === Further reading === “ballon” in Den Danske Ordbog ballon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ballon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑˈlɔn/ Hyphenation: bal‧lon Rhymes: -ɔn === Noun === ballon m (plural ballonnen or ballons, diminutive ballonnetje n) balloon hot-air balloon Synonym: heteluchtballon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bal ballonet ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ballon → Makasar: balòng → Indonesian: balon → Papiamentu: balòn == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French ballon. Doublet of balloune. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === ballon m (plural ballons) (inflatable) ball beachball balloon (chemistry) round-bottom flask ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === balle === Further reading === “ballon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From northern Italian balone, ballone; compare standard pallone. === Noun === ballon m (plural ballons) large ball ==== Descendants ==== French: ballon (see there for further descendants) → English: balloon (see there for further descendants) == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpallon/ === Verb === ballon first-person singular imperative of ballat