montgolfière

French

Etymology

After the Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ/

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• Homophone: montgolfières
• Hyphenation: mont‧gol‧fière

Noun

montgolfière f (plural montgolfières)

1. hot-air balloon

Synonyms

• ballon à air chaud

Further reading

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