balancer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-

Latin lanx

Latin bilanx

Vulgar Latin *bilancia

Old French balancebor.

Middle English balaunce

English balance

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English balancer

From balance + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.lən.sɚ/

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Noun

balancer (plural balancers)

1. One who, or that which, balances.
2. An acrobat.
3. Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.

Derived terms

• harmonic balancer
• load balancer

Translations

acrobat

• Catalan: equilibrista (ca) m or f
• Polish: balansista m

Anagrams

• barnacle

Catalan

Etymology

From balança +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bə.lənˈse̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bə.lənˈse]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ba.lanˈseɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ba.lanˈse]

Noun

balancer m (plural balancers, feminine balancera, feminine plural balanceres)

1. scale-maker
2. person who weighs metals at a minting operation

Noun

balancer m (plural balancers)

1. pendulum

   Synonym: pèndol

Further reading

• “balancer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

From balance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɑ̃.se/

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Verb

balancer

1. (reflexive) to swing (to do a reciprocating movement)
2. (reflexive) to swing (to ride on a swing)
3. (informal) to toss, to throw away, to discard
4. (slang) to denounce, to rat out on (to make a formal or public accusation against)

   Synonym: dénoncer

   balancer son porc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2017 December 29, Le Monde:

     La journaliste Sandra Muller revient sur le phénomène #balancetonporc qu’elle a lancé.

     The journalist Sandra Muller looks back on the #balancetonporc ["denounce your pig"; similar to #MeToo] movement that she started.

5. (Quebec) to balance (to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of balancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	balancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	balançant /ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		balancé /ba.lɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	balance /ba.lɑ̃s/	balances /ba.lɑ̃s/	balance /ba.lɑ̃s/	balançons /ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	balancez /ba.lɑ̃.se/	balancent /ba.lɑ̃s/
	imperfect	balançais /ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/	balançais /ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/	balançait /ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/	balancions /ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	balanciez /ba.lɑ̃.sje/	balançaient /ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	balançai /ba.lɑ̃.se/	balanças /ba.lɑ̃.sa/	balança /ba.lɑ̃.sa/	balançâmes /ba.lɑ̃.sam/	balançâtes /ba.lɑ̃.sat/	balancèrent /ba.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	balancerai /ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/	balanceras /ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/	balancera /ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/	balancerons /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	balancerez /ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/	balanceront /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	balancerais /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	balancerais /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	balancerait /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	balancerions /ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	balanceriez /ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	balanceraient /ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	balance /ba.lɑ̃s/	balances /ba.lɑ̃s/	balance /ba.lɑ̃s/	balancions /ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	balanciez /ba.lɑ̃.sje/	balancent /ba.lɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	balançasse /ba.lɑ̃.sas/	balançasses /ba.lɑ̃.sas/	balançât /ba.lɑ̃.sa/	balançassions /ba.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	balançassiez /ba.lɑ̃.sa.sje/	balançassent /ba.lɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	balance /ba.lɑ̃s/	—	balançons /ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	balancez /ba.lɑ̃.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• balancement
• balançoire

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: balanse

See also

• équilibrer

Further reading

• “balancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012