balloon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈluːn/
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• General-American: /bəˈlun/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• CMU ARPABET: B AH0 L UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball.

302 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: balonë — inflatable and buoyant object
• Arabic: نُفَّاخَة (nuffāḵa) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Arabic: بَالُون (bālōn) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Arabic: بالونة (ballōna) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Arabic: بَلّونة (ballōna) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Arabic: نفاخة (nuffāḵa, naffāḵa) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Assamese: বেলুন (belun) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Basque: globo — inflatable and buoyant object
• Basque: baloi — inflatable and buoyant object
• Belarusian: паве́траны шар (pavjétrany šar) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Bengali: বেলুন (belun) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Bulgarian: бало́н (balón) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Burmese: ပူဖောင်း (puhpaung:) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Catalan: globus — inflatable and buoyant object
• Chinese Cantonese: 氣球 /气球 (hei3 kau4) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣球 /气球 (qìqiú) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Cornish: pel ayr — inflatable and buoyant object
• Czech: balón — inflatable and buoyant object
• Danish: ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Dutch: ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Esperanto: balono — inflatable and buoyant object
• Estonian: õhupall — inflatable and buoyant object
• Finnish: ilmapallo — inflatable and buoyant object
• French: ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Galician: globo — inflatable and buoyant object
• Georgian: აეროსტატი (aerosṭaṭi) — inflatable and buoyant object
• German: Ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• German: Luftballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• German: Balung — inflatable and buoyant object
• Greek: μπαλόνι (balóni) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Greenlandic: ballonngi — inflatable and buoyant object
• Haitian Creole: blad — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hausa: balân — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hebrew: בָּלוֹן (balón) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा (ġubbārā) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hindi: बेलून (belūn) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hindi: बैलून (bailūn) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hungarian: léggömb — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hungarian: ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Hunsrik: Balong — inflatable and buoyant object
• Icelandic: blaðra — inflatable and buoyant object
• Ido: balono — inflatable and buoyant object
• Indonesian: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Irish: balún — inflatable and buoyant object
• Irish: éadromán — inflatable and buoyant object
• Italian: palloncino — inflatable and buoyant object
• Japanese: バルーン (barūn) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Japanese: 気球 (kikyū) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Japanese: 風船 (fūsen) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Kazakh: әуе шары (äue şary) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Khmer: ប៉ោង (paong) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Khmer: បាឡុង (baalong) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Korean: 기구 (gigu) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Korean: 풍선 (pungseon) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Central Kurdish: بالۆن (balon) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Northern Kurdish: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Lao: ລູກໂປ່ງ (lūk pōng) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Latvian: balons — inflatable and buoyant object
• Lithuanian: balionas — inflatable and buoyant object
• Luxembourgish: Ballon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Macedonian: балон (balon) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Malay: belon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Malay: gelembungan — inflatable and buoyant object
• Malay: gelembung — inflatable and buoyant object
• Māori: poihau — inflatable and buoyant object
• Māori: parūnu — inflatable and buoyant object
• Marathi: फुगा (phugā) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Marshallese: bujeen̄ — inflatable and buoyant object
• Marshallese: bujentōm̧a — inflatable and buoyant object
• Norwegian Bokmål: ballong — inflatable and buoyant object
• Occitan: glòb — inflatable and buoyant object
• Occitan: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Palauan: huseng — inflatable and buoyant object
• Pennsylvania German: Luft — inflatable and buoyant object
• Persian: بالون (bâlon) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Persian: بادکنک (bâdkonak) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Plautdietsch: Loftblos — inflatable and buoyant object
• Polish: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Portuguese: balão — inflatable and buoyant object
• Portuguese: bexiga — inflatable and buoyant object
• Punjabi: ਭੁਕਾਨਾ (bhukānā) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Punjabi: ਭੂਪੜਾ (bhūpṛā) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Romanian: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Russian: возду́шный шар (vozdúšnyj šar) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Samoan: paluni — inflatable and buoyant object
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̀ло̄н — inflatable and buoyant object
• Serbo-Croatian: bàlōn — inflatable and buoyant object
• Slovak: balón — inflatable and buoyant object
• Slovene: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Spanish: globo — inflatable and buoyant object
• Spanish: vejiga — inflatable and buoyant object
• Swahili: mabofu — inflatable and buoyant object
• Swedish: ballong — inflatable and buoyant object
• Tagalog: balun — inflatable and buoyant object
• Tamil: ஊதுபை (ūtupai) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Telugu: గాలిబుడగ (gālibuḍaga) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Thai: ลูกโป่ง (lûuk-bpòong) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Tigrinya: ባላንቺና (balančina) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Tongan: pula — inflatable and buoyant object
• Turkish: balon — inflatable and buoyant object
• Turkmen: howa shary — inflatable and buoyant object
• Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля (povítrjana kúlja) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Urdu: غُبّارَہ (ġubbārā) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Vietnamese: khí cầu — inflatable and buoyant object
• Vietnamese: bóng bay — inflatable and buoyant object
• Vietnamese: bong bóng — inflatable and buoyant object
• Vietnamese: khinh khí cầu — inflatable and buoyant object
• Volapük: bälun — inflatable and buoyant object
• Welsh: balŵn — inflatable and buoyant object
• Yiddish: באַלאָן (balon) — inflatable and buoyant object
• Zulu: ibhaloni — inflatable and buoyant object
• Afrikaans: ballong — child’s toy
• Albanian: balonë — child’s toy
• Arabic: نُفَّاخَة (nuffāḵa) — child’s toy
• Arabic: بَالُون (bālōn) — child’s toy
• Arabic: بالونة (ballōna) — child’s toy
• Arabic: نفاخة (nuffāḵa, naffāḵa) — child’s toy
• Armenian: փուչիկ (pʻučʻik) — child’s toy
• Azerbaijani: şar — child’s toy
• Azerbaijani: balon — child’s toy
• Basque: puxika — child’s toy
• Belarusian: паве́траны шар (pavjétrany šar) — child’s toy
• Bengali: বেলুন (belun) — child’s toy
• Bulgarian: бало́н (balón) — child’s toy
• Burmese: စည်ဖောင်း (canyhpaung:) — child’s toy
• Burmese: ပူဖောင်း (puhpaung:) — child’s toy
• Catalan: globus — child’s toy
• Catalan: baló — child’s toy
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏌᎳᏗᏍᎩ (alisaladisgi) — child’s toy
• Chinese Cantonese: 氣球 /气球 (hei3 kau4) — child’s toy
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣球 /气球 (qìqiú) — child’s toy
• Czech: balón — child’s toy
• Danish: ballon — child’s toy
• Dutch: ballon — child’s toy
• Esperanto: balono — child’s toy
• Esperanto: ludbaloneto — child’s toy
• Estonian: õhupall — child’s toy
• Finnish: ilmapallo — child’s toy
• French: ballon — child’s toy
• French: ballon de baudruche — child’s toy
• French: ballon en baudruche — child’s toy
• French: ballon gonflable — child’s toy
• Georgian: ჰაერბურთი (haerburti) — child’s toy
• German: Ballon — child’s toy
• German: Luftballon — child’s toy
• Greek: μπαλόνι (balóni) — child’s toy
• Haitian Creole: boul — child’s toy
• Hausa: balân — child’s toy
• Hebrew: בָּלוֹן (balon) — child’s toy
• Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा (ġubbārā) — child’s toy
• Hindi: बेलून (belūn) — child’s toy
• Hindi: बैलून (bailūn) — child’s toy
• Hungarian: léggömb — child’s toy
• Hungarian: lufi — child’s toy
• Icelandic: blaðra — child’s toy
• Indonesian: balon — child’s toy
• Italian: palloncino — child’s toy
• Japanese: 風船 (fūsen) — child’s toy
• Japanese: バルーン (barūn) — child’s toy
• Kannada: ಗಾಳಿಚೆಂಡು (gāḷiceṇḍu) — child’s toy
• Khmer: ប៉ោង (paong) — child’s toy
• Korean: 기구 (gigu) — child’s toy
• Korean: 풍선 (pungseon) — child’s toy
• Central Kurdish: بالۆن (balon) — child’s toy
• Northern Kurdish: pifdank — child’s toy
• Northern Kurdish: balon — child’s toy
• Northern Kurdish: nepox — child’s toy
• Lao: ລູກໂປ່ງ (lūk pōng) — child’s toy
• Latin: balonus — child’s toy
• Latvian: balons — child’s toy
• Lithuanian: balionas — child’s toy
• Malay: belon — child’s toy
• Māori: poihau — child’s toy
• Marathi: फुगा (phugā) — child’s toy
• Marshallese: bujeen̄ — child’s toy
• Marshallese: bujentōm̧a — child’s toy
• Mongolian: шаар (šaar) — child’s toy
• Mongolian: агаарын бөмбөлөг (agaaryn bömbölög) — child’s toy
• Nepali: बेलुन (beluna) — child’s toy
• Norwegian Bokmål: ballong — child’s toy
• Papiamentu: balon — child’s toy
• Persian: بادکُنک (bâdkonak) — child’s toy
• Persian: پوقانه (puqâne) — child’s toy
• Plautdietsch: Loftblos — child’s toy
• Polish: balon — child’s toy
• Portuguese: balão — child’s toy
• Romanian: balon — child’s toy
• Russian: возду́шный шар (vozdúšnyj šar) — child’s toy
• Russian: ша́рик (šárik) — child’s toy
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̀ло̄н — child’s toy
• Serbo-Croatian: bàlōn — child’s toy
• Slovak: balón — child’s toy
• Slovene: balon — child’s toy
• Spanish: globo — child’s toy
• Spanish: bomba — child’s toy
• Spanish: chimbomba — child’s toy
• Swahili: puto — child’s toy
• Swedish: ballong — child’s toy
• Tagalog: lobo — child’s toy
• Tajik: пуфак (pufak) — child’s toy
• Tamil: ஊதுபை (ūtupai) — child’s toy
• Telugu: గాలిబుడగ (gālibuḍaga) — child’s toy
• Thai: ลูกโป่ง (lûuk-bpòong) — child’s toy
• Tibetan: ལྒང་ཕུག (lgang phug) — child’s toy
• Tigrinya: ባላንቺና (balančina) — child’s toy
• Turkish: balon — child’s toy
• Turkmen: howa shary — child’s toy
• Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля (povítrjana kúlja) — child’s toy
• Urdu: غُبّارَہ (ġubbārā) — child’s toy
• Vietnamese: bóng — child’s toy
• Vietnamese: bóng bay — child’s toy
• Vietnamese: bong bóng — child’s toy
• Volapük: bälun — child’s toy
• Volapük: lutabälun — child’s toy
• Wolof: naaw — child’s toy
• Yiddish: באַלאָן (balon) — child’s toy
• Zulu: ipaloni — child’s toy
• Albanian: balonë — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Albanian: aerostat — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Arabic: مُنْطَاد (munṭād) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Arabic: بالون (ballōn) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Arabic: منطاد (menṭād) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Armenian: օդապարիկ (ōdaparik) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Azerbaijani: hava şarı — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Belarusian: паве́траны шар (pavjétrany šar) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Bengali: বেলুন (belun) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Bulgarian: бало́н (balón) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Bulgarian: аероста́т (aerostát) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Burmese: မီးပုံးပျံ (mi:pum:pyam) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Catalan: globus — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Chinese Cantonese: 氣球 /气球 (hei3 kau4) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 氣球 /气球 (qìqiú) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 風船 /风船 (fēngchuán) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Czech: balón — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Danish: luftballon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Dutch: luchtballon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Esperanto: balono — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Estonian: kuumaõhupall — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Estonian: õhupall — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Finnish: kuumailmapallo — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Finnish: ilmapallo — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• French: montgolfière — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• French: ballon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Georgian: აეროსტატი (aerosṭaṭi) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Georgian: ჰაერბურთი (haerburti) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• German: Heißluftballon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Greek: αερόστατο (aeróstato) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Hebrew: כדור פורח (kadur pore'akh) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा (ġubbārā) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Hungarian: hőlégballon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Icelandic: loftbelgur — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Ido: balono — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Indonesian: balon udara — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Irish: balún — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Italian: mongolfiera — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Japanese: 風船 (fūsen) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Japanese: 気球 (kikyū) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Japanese: バルーン (barūn) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Kazakh: әуе шары (äue şary) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Khmer: ពោងហោះ (poong hɑh) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Korean: 기구 (gigu) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Korean: 풍선 (pungseon) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Latvian: gaisa balons — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Lithuanian: oro balionas — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Mongolian: агаарын бөмбөлөг (agaaryn bömbölög) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: luftballong — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: luftskip — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Persian: بالون (bâlon) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Polish: balon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Portuguese: balão — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Romanian: balon — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Russian: аэроста́т (aerostát) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Russian: возду́шный шар (vozdúšnyj šar) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Swedish: luftballong — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Swedish: ballong — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Thai: บัลลูน (ban-luun) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля (povítrjana kúlja) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Ukrainian: аероста́т (aerostát) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Urdu: غُبّارَہ (ġubbārā) — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Vietnamese: khí cầu — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Vietnamese: khinh khí cầu — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Volapük: bälun — inflatable object to transport people through the air
• Danish: ballon — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• German: Ballon — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• Japanese: バルーン (barūn) — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• Norwegian Bokmål: ballong — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• Russian: балло́н (ballón) — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• Swedish: ballong — medicine: sac inserted into part of the body
• Finnish: pallolasi — type of glass cup
• Polish: balon — type of glass cup
• Finnish: pallo — architecture: ball or globe on the top of a pillar etc.
• Finnish: puhekupla — engraving: outline enclosing words
• Bulgarian: изду́вам се (izdúvam se) — To increase or expand rapidly
• Finnish: kasvaa — To increase or expand rapidly
• Finnish: pullistua — To increase or expand rapidly
• Finnish: laajeta — To increase or expand rapidly
• Irish: balún — To increase or expand rapidly
• Māori: kōpuku — To increase or expand rapidly
• Russian: увеличиваться (uveličivatʹsja) — To increase or expand rapidly
• Russian: раздуваться (razduvatʹsja) — To increase or expand rapidly
• Russian: расти (rasti) — To increase or expand rapidly
• Tagalog: lobo — To increase or expand rapidly