balón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balon"

Czech

Alternative forms

• balon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaloːn]

Noun

balón m inan

1. balloon (toy)
2. balloon, aerostat (transport vehicle)

Declension

Declension of balón (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	balón	balóny
genitive	balónu	balónů
dative	balónu	balónům
accusative	balón	balóny
vocative	balóne	balóny
locative	balónu, balóně	balónech
instrumental	balónem	balóny

Further reading

• “balón”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “balón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “balón”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

balón de fútbol (football / soccer ball)

Alternative forms

• balom, balão (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈloŋ/ [baˈloŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lón

Noun

balón m (plural balóns)

1. ball, especially a large one used in sports

   Synonyms: bóla, pelota

2. a flexible container to transport gases (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Derived terms

• baloncesto

Further reading

• “balón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Istriot

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pallone.

Noun

balón m (plural baloni)

1. ball
2. hernia

References

• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 36

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈba.lon]

Noun

balón f

1. (Zagórze) alternative form of balon (“toy ball for children”)

Further reading

• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “balon, -a”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[1] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 3

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balɔːn/, [ˈbalɔːn]
• Rhymes: -alɔːn
• Hyphenation: ba‧lón

Noun

balón m inan (relational adjective balónový, diminutive balónik)

1. balloon

Declension

Declension of balón
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	balón	balóny
genitive	balóna, balónu	balónov
dative	balónu	balónom
accusative	balón	balóny
locative	balóne	balónoch
instrumental	balónom	balónmi

Further reading

• “balón”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *ballôder.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Germanic *balluzder.

Frankish *balluder.

Medieval Latin balla

Old French balleder.?

Proto-Germanic *ballôder.

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Proto-Germanic *balluzder.

Lombardic *pallader.?

Italian ballader.

Middle French balle

French ballebor.

Spanish bala

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Spanish -ón

Spanish balón

From bala + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlon/ [baˈlõn]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧lón
• Homophone: valón

Noun

balón m (plural balones)

1. ball

   Synonyms: pelota, bola

   Coordinate terms: pelotita, bolita

2. balloon

   Synonym: globo

Derived terms

• a balón parado
• balompié
• balón de fútbol
• balón de fútbol americano
• balón de papel
• balón de playa
• balón intragástrico
• balón medicinal
• balón parado
• balón prisionero
• balón saltarín
• baloncesto
• balonmano
• balonvolea
• copa balón
• echar balones fuera

Further reading

• “balón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025