Ballon

See also: ballon

German

Etymology

From French ballon, which comes from Italian pallone (meaning "large ball"). This Italian word is an enlargement of palla (“ball”), which has Germanic roots.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [baˈlɔŋ], in South German IPA(key): [baˈloːn], (rarely Frenchified) as IPA(key): [baˈlõ]
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Noun

Ballon m (genitive Ballons, plural Ballons)

  1. balloon

Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • Fesselballon
  • Forschungsballon
  • Freiballon
  • Gärballon

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • Ballonbombe
  • Ballongas
  • Ballonmesswert
  • Ballonpost
  • Ballonrakete
  • Ballonsatellit
  • Ballonwettbewerb
  • Fesselballon
  • Forschungsballon
  • Freiballon
  • Gärballon

See also
  • Montgolfiere
  • Kong-Ming-Laterne

Declension
Declension of Ballon
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ballon die Ballons
genitive eines des Ballons der Ballons
dative einem dem Ballon den Ballons
accusative einen den Ballon die Ballons

References
  1. compare to "Wissenschaftlicher Rat der Dudenredaktion" (publisher): Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch. 6. edition. Duden press, Mannheim/Leipzig/Vienna/Zurich 2007, →ISBN, page 243

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