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Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or proper noun: a prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.

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Proper noun

Ballon d'Or (plural Ballons d'Or or Ballon d'Ors)

  1. A prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.

Forms of Ballon d'Or

pluralBallons d'Or
pluralBallon d'Ors

Origin of Ballon d'Or

From French Ballon d'Or (“Golden Ball”).

Questions about Ballon d'Or

What does Ballon d'Or mean?
Ballon d'Or means a prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.
What part of speech is Ballon d'Or?
Ballon d'Or is a proper noun.

Words near Ballon d'Or in the dictionary

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

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