ballotin

== English == === Etymology === From French ballotin. === Noun === ballotin (plural ballotins) A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates). (obsolete) An officer in charge of a ballot box. ==== Translations ==== === References === “ballotin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From ballot (“bundle”), diminutive of balle (“bundle tied together with string”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lɔ.tɛ̃/ === Noun === ballotin m (plural ballotins) a small, elegant box, usually of cardboard, containing pralines (chocolate) === Further reading === “ballotin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012