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ballon

/bəˈlɒn/

ballon noun: the quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair.

Noun

ballon (usually uncountable, plural ballons)

  1. (usually, ballet) The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
    • Tall and slender, with a superb ballon and effortless flight in air, Malakhov […] will unquestionably have an extraordinary career.1988 November 18, Dorothy Samachson, “Moscow Classical Ballet”, in Chicago Reader
  2. (countable, usually) Synonym of balloon (“type of glass for wine etc”).
    Synonyms:
    balloon

ballon meaning in Tamil

ballon in Tamil

ஊதுப்பை, பூதி

Synonyms of ballon

Forms of ballon

pluralballons

Plural of ballon: ballons

Origin of ballon

From French ballon. Doublet of balloon.

Phrases with ballon

Questions about ballon

What does ballon mean?
Ballon means the quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair.
What is ballon in Tamil?
Ballon in Tamil is ஊதுப்பை, பூதி. See Ballon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ballon?
Ballon is a noun.
How do you pronounce ballon?
Ballon is pronounced /bəˈlɒn/.
What is the plural of ballon?
The plural of ballon is ballons.

Words near ballon in the dictionary

  1. ballocks
  2. ballocksed
  3. ballockses
  4. ballocksing
  5. ballogan
  6. ballon
  7. ballon d'essai
  8. Ballon d'Or
  9. Ballon d'Ors
  10. ballonet
  11. ballonets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballon (page history and authors); ballon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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