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ballons d'essai

ballons d'essai is the plural of ballon d'essai.

Meaning of ballon d'essai

Noun

ballon d'essai (plural ballons d'essai)

  1. A policy put forward to test reactions; something designed to test the waters, an experimental measure.
    • James II may even have planned the reintroduction of the ceremony, for in his reign the old order of service was resurrected and issued in print, as a ballon d'essai, though the Revolution prevented matters being taken any further.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 193

Questions about ballons d'essai

What is ballons d'essai the plural of?
Ballons d'essai is the plural of ballon d'essai.

Words near ballons d'essai in the dictionary

  1. ballonigrin
  2. ballonnement
  3. ballonné
  4. ballonnés
  5. ballons
  6. ballons d'essai
  7. Ballons d'Or
  8. balloon
  9. balloon animal
  10. balloon animals
  11. balloon apron

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