Phrase guide

hot-air balloon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: balloon

History

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Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: warmlugballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Albanian: balonë me ajër të nxehtë — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Arabic: مُنْطَاد (munṭād) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Arabic: بَالُون (bālūn) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Armenian: օդապարիկ (ōdaparik) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Azerbaijani: hava şarı — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Belarusian: паве́траны шар (pavjétrany šar) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Belarusian: аэраста́т (aerastát) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Bulgarian: възду́шен бало́н (vǎzdúšen balón) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Bulgarian: бало́н (balón) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Bulgarian: аероста́т (aerostát) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Burmese: မီးပုံး (mi:pum:) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Burmese: မီးပုံးပျံ (mi:pum:pyam) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱氣球 /热气球 (rèqìqiú) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Czech: horkovzdušný balon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Danish: luftballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Danish: varmluftballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Dutch: heteluchtballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Dutch: luchtballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Estonian: kuumaõhupall — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Finnish: kuumailmapallo — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • French: montgolfière — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • French: ballon à air chaud — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Georgian: ჰაერბურთი (haerburti) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Georgian: მონგოლფიერი (mongolpieri) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Georgian: აეროსტატი (aerosṭaṭi) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • German: Heißluftballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Greek: αερόστατο (aeróstato) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Hebrew: כַּדּוּר פּוֹרֵחַ (kadúr poréakh) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा (ġubbārā) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Hungarian: hőlégballon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Icelandic: loftbelgur — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Italian: mongolfiera — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Japanese: 熱気球 (netsukikyū) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Kazakh: әуе шары (äue şary) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Khmer: បាឡុង (baalong) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Korean: 열기구 (yeolgigu) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Kyrgyz: аба шары (aba şarı) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Latvian: karstā gaisa balons — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Lithuanian: karšto oro balionas — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Macedonian: во́здушен ба́лон (vózdušen bálon) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Macedonian: аероста́т (aerostát) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Mongolian: халуун агаарын бөмбөлөг (xaluun agaaryn bömbölög) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varmluftballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varmluftsballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varmluftballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varmluftsballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Iranian Persian: بالون (bâlun) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Iranian Persian: بالُن (bâlon) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Polish: balon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Portuguese: balão de ar quente — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Romanian: balon cu aer cald — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Russian: возду́шный шар (vozdúšnyj šar) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Russian: монгольфье́р (mongolʹfʹjér) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Russian: аэроста́т (aerostát) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Serbo-Croatian: балон на врући зрак — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Serbo-Croatian: балон на врући ваздух — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Serbo-Croatian: balon na vrući zrak — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Serbo-Croatian: balon na vrući vazduh — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Slovak: teplovzdušný balón — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Slovene: toplozračni balon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Spanish: globo — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Spanish: globo aerostático — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Swedish: luftballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Swedish: varmluftsballong — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Tajik: пуфаки ҳавои (pufak-i havo-yi) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Tajik: болуни ҳавои (bolun-i havo-yi) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Tamil: வெப்ப காற்று பலூன் (veppa kāṟṟu palūṉ) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Tatar: һава шары (hawa şarı) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Telugu: వేడి గాలి గుమ్మటం (vēḍi gāli gummaṭaṁ) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Thai: บัลลูน (ban-luun) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Turkish: balon — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Turkish: sıcak hava balonu — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля (povítrjana kúlja) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Ukrainian: монгольф'є́р (monholʹfʺjér) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Ukrainian: аероста́т (aerostát) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Urdu: غُبّارَہ (ġubbārā) — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Uzbek: havo shari — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Vietnamese: khinh khí cầu — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Vietnamese: khí cầu — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • Welsh: balŵn aer cynnes — balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air