ballon
English
noun
Definitions
- (ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballon.
Origin
French
ballon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- balloon English
- Ballon German
- pallone Italian
- ballon Dutch, Flemish
- ballon French
- ballonnet French
- ballong Norwegian Bokmål
- balão Portuguese
- balon Polish
- ballong Norwegian Nynorsk
- ballon Danish
- baló Catalan, Valencian
- balon Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- balon Turkish
- ballon Middle French
- Balung Alemannic German
- balaonina Malagasy
- balo Bwatoo