ballonet

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UK/ˈbalənɛt/UK/baləˈnɛt/

noun

Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.

OriginFrench ballonnet →
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Meanings

nounballonet (plural ballonets)

plural ballonets

  1. Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.

    An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […].

    1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27

Origin

  1. Frenchballonnet
  2. Frenchballonnet
  3. Englishballonet

Borrowed from French ballonnet.

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Translations

Polish balonet
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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