balloonlike

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adjective

Resembling a balloon in form

“The balloonlike object moved across the sky.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English balloon →
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Meanings

adjectiveballoonlike (comparative more balloonlike, superlative most balloonlike)

comparative more balloonlike · superlative most balloonlike

  1. Resembling a balloon in form

    The balloonlike object moved across the sky.

Origin

  1. Englishballoon
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishballoonlike

From balloon + -like.

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Translations

Polish baloniasty, balonowaty
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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