balloon
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
1570, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone "large ball" from palla "ball", from Lombardic palla "ball" from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal "ball" (German Ballen "bale"; Ball "ball"). More at ball.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia balloon (plural balloons)
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- Such an object as a child’s toy.
- Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
- (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- A speech bubble.
- A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
Synonyms [edit]
- (inflatable object):
- (child’s toy): toy balloon
- (transport): hot-air balloon, montgolfier
- (in medicine):
- (speech bubble): speech bubble, fumetto
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from balloon
Translations [edit]
inflatable object
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child’s toy
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inflatable object to transport people through the air
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sac inserted into part of the body
speech bubble — see speech bubble
Verb [edit]
balloon (third-person singular simple present balloons, present participle ballooning, simple past and past participle ballooned)
- (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
- Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
- (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
Translations [edit]
To increase or expand rapidly
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