ballon

B3A1L1L1O1N1
/bəˈlɒn/

noun

The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair

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balloon
OriginFrench ballon →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nounballon (usually uncountable, plural ballons)

plural ballons

  1. uncountableusuallyballetThe 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. countableusuallySynonym of balloon (“type of glass for wine etc”).

    Synonyms: balloon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of balloon (“type of glass for wine etc”).

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balloon
Also see
balloon

Origin

  1. Frenchballon
  2. Englishballon

From French ballon. Doublet of balloon.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

onball
Cite this entry
APA

ballon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballon

MLA

“ballon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballon.

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