balancer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

balance +‎ -er

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Noun[edit]

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.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From balança +‎ -er.

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Noun[edit]

balancer m (plural balancers, feminine balancera)

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

Noun[edit]

balancer m (plural balancers)

  1. pendulum
    Synonym: pèndol

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin (libra) bilanx "(balance) with two scale pans".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.lɑ̃.se/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

balancer

  1. (reflexive) to swing (to do a reciprocating movement)
  2. (reflexive) to swing (to ride on a swing)
  3. (Quebec) to balance (make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond)
  4. (France, slang) to denounce (to make a formal or public accusation against), to rat
    • 2017 December 29, Le Monde:
      La journaliste Sandra Muller revient sur le phénomène #balancetonporc qu’elle a lancé.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  5. (informal) to toss (to throw)
  6. (informal) to throw away (to discard)

Conjugation[edit]

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

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