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• /ˈbæləns/
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Calque of Latin Libra.

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 From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bilanx (“two-scaled”), from bi- + lanx (“plate, scale”). Displaced the word — Old English wǣġ akin to Modern English: wey from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: ligevægt — mental equilibrium
• Finnish: tasapaino — mental equilibrium
• Hungarian: kiegyensúlyozottság — mental equilibrium
• Hungarian: lelki béke — mental equilibrium
• Italian: equilibrio — mental equilibrium
• Italian: punto di equilibrio — mental equilibrium
• Middle English: balaunce — mental equilibrium
• Russian: гармо́ния (garmónija) — mental equilibrium
• Finnish: vastapaino — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• French: contrepoids — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• Italian: contrappeso — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• Italian: bilanciamento — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• Polish: balans — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• Russian: противовес (protivoves) — something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium
• Albanian: balancë — awareness of both viewpoints
• Bulgarian: баланси́раност (balansíranost) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Chinese Mandarin: 中立 (zhōnglì) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Danish: afvejning — awareness of both viewpoints
• Dutch: evenwicht — awareness of both viewpoints
• Finnish: tasapuolisuus — awareness of both viewpoints
• German: Ausgewogenheit — awareness of both viewpoints
• Greek: ισορροπία (isorropía) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Hebrew: איזון (izún) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Hungarian: kiegyensúlyozottság — awareness of both viewpoints
• Hungarian: elfogulatlanság — awareness of both viewpoints
• Hungarian: semlegesség — awareness of both viewpoints
• Italian: neutralità — awareness of both viewpoints
• Japanese: 中立 (chūritsu) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Macedonian: врамнотеженост (vramnoteženost) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Portuguese: equilíbrio — awareness of both viewpoints
• Russian: сбаланси́рованность (sbalansírovannostʹ) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Russian: взве́шенность (vzvéšennostʹ) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Russian: уравнове́шенность (uravnovéšennostʹ) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Russian: бала́нс (baláns) — awareness of both viewpoints
• Serbo-Croatian: равноте́жа — awareness of both viewpoints
• Serbo-Croatian: ravnotéža — awareness of both viewpoints
• Spanish: equilibrio — awareness of both viewpoints
• Swedish: avvägning — awareness of both viewpoints
• Finnish: tasapaino — overall result of conflicting forces
• Italian: equilibrio — overall result of conflicting forces
• Māori: hangarite — overall result of conflicting forces
• Polish: bilans — overall result of conflicting forces
• Finnish: tasapaino — apparent harmony in art
• French: équilibre — apparent harmony in art
• Indonesian: seimbang — apparent harmony in art
• Italian: equilibrio — apparent harmony in art
• Albanian: bilanc — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Arabic: رَصِيد (raṣīd) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Armenian: բալանս (balans) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Armenian: հաշվեկշիռ (hašvekšiṙ) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Bulgarian: баланс (balans) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Catalan: balanç — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Chinese Mandarin: 結存 /结存 (jiécún) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Danish: balance — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Dutch: balans — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Finnish: tase — accounting: list of credits and debits
• French: solde — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Galician: balance — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Georgian: ბალანსი (balansi) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Georgian: სალდო (saldo) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Georgian: ანგარიში (angariši) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• German: Bilanz — accounting: list of credits and debits
• German: Saldo — accounting: list of credits and debits
• German: Guthaben — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Greek: ισοζύγιο (isozýgio) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Hebrew: מאזן (ma'azán) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Hungarian: mérleg — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Ido: bilanco — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Indonesian: balans — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Italian: bilancio — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Macedonian: била́нс (biláns) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Macedonian: салдо (saldo) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saldo — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Polish: saldo — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Polish: bilans — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Portuguese: balanço — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Romanian: bilanț — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Russian: бала́нс (baláns) — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Serbo-Croatian: bilancirati — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Spanish: balance — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Swedish: balansräkning — accounting: list of credits and debits
• Chinese Mandarin: 餘額 /余额 (yú'é) — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Danish: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Esperanto: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Finnish: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• French: solde — difference between credit and debit of an account
• German: Saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Hungarian: egyenleg — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Indonesian: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Irish: fuílleach — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Italian: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Japanese: 残額 (zangaku) — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Korean: 잔액 (janaek) — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Lithuanian: likutis — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Malay: baki — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Māori: toenga — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Māori: tapeke — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Polish: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Polish: bilans — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Portuguese: saldo — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Russian: са́льдо (sálʹdo) — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Ottoman Turkish: موازنه (muvâzene) — difference between credit and debit of an account
• Finnish: liipotin — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• French: balancier — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• Italian: bilanciere — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• Polish: balans — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• Polish: balansjer — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• Russian: балансир (balansir) — device that regulates the speed of a watch
• Finnish: loput — remainder
• Finnish: loppuosa — remainder
• Finnish: loppu — remainder
• German: Rest — remainder
• German: Restbetrag — remainder
• Māori: toenga — remainder
• Yoruba: ìyókù — remainder
• Bulgarian: уравновесявам (uravnovesjavam) — to bring to equipoise
• Catalan: equilibrar — to bring to equipoise
• Catalan: compensar — to bring to equipoise
• Esperanto: ekvilibrigi — to bring to equipoise
• Finnish: tasapainottaa — to bring to equipoise
• French: équilibrer — to bring to equipoise
• German: balancieren — to bring to equipoise
• Greek: ζυγίζω (zygízo) — to bring to equipoise
• Hebrew: אִזֵּן (izén) — to bring to equipoise
• Italian: bilanciare — to bring to equipoise
• Japanese: 均す (narasu) — to bring to equipoise
• Māori: tauta — to bring to equipoise
• Māori: whakataurite — to bring to equipoise
• Māori: whakatautika — to bring to equipoise
• Norwegian: balansere — to bring to equipoise
• Portuguese: equilibrar — to bring to equipoise
• Russian: уравнове́шивать (uravnovéšivatʹ) — to bring to equipoise
• Russian: уравнове́сить (uravnovésitʹ) — to bring to equipoise
• Serbo-Croatian: балансирати — to bring to equipoise
• Serbo-Croatian: balansirati — to bring to equipoise
• Spanish: balancear — to bring to equipoise
• Spanish: equilibrar — to bring to equipoise
• Spanish: contrapesar — to bring to equipoise
• Spanish: contrabalancear — to bring to equipoise
• Swedish: balansera — to bring to equipoise
• Ukrainian: урівнова́жувати (urivnovážuvaty) — to bring to equipoise
• Ukrainian: урівнова́жити (urivnovážyty) — to bring to equipoise
• Finnish: tasapainottaa — to make concepts agree
• German: ausgleichen — to make concepts agree
• Greek: ισορροπώ (isorropó) — to make concepts agree
• Italian: bilanciare — to make concepts agree
• Italian: equivalere — to make concepts agree
• Italian: coniugare — to make concepts agree
• Māori: whakatautika — to make concepts agree
• Portuguese: equilibrar — to make concepts agree
• Russian: уравнове́шивать (uravnovéšivatʹ) — to make concepts agree
• Russian: уравнове́сить (uravnovésitʹ) — to make concepts agree
• Serbo-Croatian: балансирати — to make concepts agree
• Serbo-Croatian: balansirati — to make concepts agree
• Bulgarian: балансирам (balansiram) — to hold precariously
• Catalan: equilibrar — to hold precariously
• Finnish: tasapainotella — to hold precariously
• Finnish: pitää tasapainossa — to hold precariously
• German: balancieren — to hold precariously
• German: im Gleichgewicht halten — to hold precariously
• Greek: ισορροπώ (isorropó) — to hold precariously
• Italian: tenere in equilibrio — to hold precariously
• Italian: bilanciare — to hold precariously
• Norwegian: balansere — to hold precariously
• Polish: balansować — to hold precariously
• Portuguese: equilibrar — to hold precariously
• Serbo-Croatian: балансирати — to hold precariously
• Serbo-Croatian: balansirati — to hold precariously
• Spanish: equilibrar — to hold precariously
• Swedish: balansera — to hold precariously
• Finnish: ottaa sisään — nautical: to contract a sail
• Bulgarian: правя баланс (pravja balans) — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Esperanto: bilanci — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Finnish: tasapainottaa — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• French: apurer — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• German: bilanzieren — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Greek: αντισταθμίζω (antistathmízo) — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Italian: conguagliare — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Italian: pareggiare — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Norwegian: balansere — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Polish: bilansować — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Polish: zbilansować — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Portuguese: balancear — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Serbo-Croatian: балансирати — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Serbo-Croatian: balansirati — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Spanish: hacer balance — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Swedish: balansera — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Ukrainian: балансува́ти (balansuváty) — accounting: to make credits and debits correspond
• Bulgarian: уравновесен съм (uravnovesen sǎm) — be in equilibrium
• Esperanto: ekvilibri — be in equilibrium
• Finnish: olla tasapainossa — be in equilibrium
• Greek: ισορροπώ (isorropó) — be in equilibrium
• Portuguese: equilibrar — be in equilibrium
• Swedish: balansera — be in equilibrium
• Swedish: jämna ut sig — be in equilibrium
• Swedish: stå och väga — be in equilibrium
• Swedish: vara i jämvikt — be in equilibrium
• Bulgarian: балансиран съм (balansiran sǎm) — to have matching credits and debits
• Finnish: olla tasapainossa — to have matching credits and debits
• Greek: ισοσκελίζω (isoskelízo) — to have matching credits and debits
• Macedonian: измирува (izmiruva) — to have matching credits and debits
• Polish: bilansować się — to have matching credits and debits
• Polish: zbilansować się — to have matching credits and debits