ballon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also 1.3 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 4.2.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French ballon

[edit] Noun

ballon

1. (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
   • 1988 November 18, Dorothy Samachson, “Moscow Classical Ballet”, Chicago Reader:

     Tall and slender, with a superb ballon and effortless flight in air, Malakhov […] will unquestionably have an extraordinary career.

[edit] See also

• Ballon (ballet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ballon (ballet)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abllno
• no ball

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

ballon

1. balloon (inflatable object)

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

ballon m. (plural ballonnen or ballons, diminutive ballonnetje, diminutive plural ballonnetjes)

1. balloon

[edit] Derived terms

• luchtballon
• tekstballon

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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ba.lɔ̃/, SAMPA: /ba.lO~/

[edit] Noun

ballon m. (plural ballons)

1. (large) ball
   1. beachball
2. balloon
3. (chemistry) round-bottom flask

[edit] Derived terms

• ballon à air chaud
• ballon à gaz
• ballon cerf-volant
• ballon d'oxygène
• ballon dirigeable
• ballon-pilote
• ballon-satellite
• ballon-sonde
• crever un ballon
• faire ballon

[edit] See also

• balle