hot-air balloon

noun

A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.

Meanings

nounhot-air balloon (plural hot-air balloons)

plural hot-air balloons · alternative hot air balloon

  1. A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.

Translations

Afrikaans warmlugballon
  • warmlugballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Arabic مُنْطَاد, بَالُون
  • مُنْطَاد (munṭād)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • بَالُون (bālūn)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Bulgarian възду́шен бало́н, бало́н
  • възду́шен бало́н (văzdúšen balón)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • бало́н (balón)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • аероста́т (aerostát)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Chinese Mandarin 熱氣球 /热气球
  • 熱氣球 /热气球 (rèqìqiú)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Czech horkovzdušný balon
  • horkovzdušný balonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Danish luftballon, varmluftballon
  • luftballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • varmluftballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Dutch heteluchtballon, luchtballon
  • heteluchtballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • luchtballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Estonian kuumaõhupall
  • kuumaõhupallballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Finnish kuumailmapallo
  • kuumailmapalloballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
French montgolfière, ballon à air chaud
  • montgolfièreballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • ballon à air chaudballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
German Heißluftballon
  • Heißluftballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Greek αερόστατο
  • αερόστατο (aeróstato)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Hebrew כַּדּוּר פּוֹרֵחַ
  • כַּדּוּר פּוֹרֵחַ (kadúr poréakh)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Hindi ग़ुब्बारा
  • ग़ुब्बारा (ġubbārā)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Hungarian hőlégballon
  • hőlégballonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Icelandic loftbelgur
  • loftbelgurballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Italian mongolfiera
  • mongolfieraballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Japanese 熱気球
  • 熱気球 (netsukikyū)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Korean 열기구
  • 열기구 (yeolgigu)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Latvian karstā gaisa balons
  • karstā gaisa balonsballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Lithuanian karšto oro balionas
  • karšto oro balionasballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Norwegian Bokmål varmluftballong, varmluftsballong
  • varmluftballongballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • varmluftsballongballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Polish balon
  • balonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Portuguese balão de ar quente
  • balão de ar quenteballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Romanian balon cu aer cald
  • balon cu aer caldballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Russian возду́шный шар, монгольфье́р
  • возду́шный шар (vozdúšnyj šar)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • монгольфье́р (mongolʹfʹjér)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • аэроста́т (aerostát)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Slovak teplovzdušný balón
  • teplovzdušný balónballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Spanish globo, globo aerostático
  • globoballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • globo aerostáticoballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Swedish luftballong, varmluftsballong
  • luftballongballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • varmluftsballongballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Tamil வெப்ப காற்று பலூன்
  • வெப்ப காற்று பலூன் (veppa kāṟṟu palūṉ)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Thai บัลลูน
  • บัลลูน (ban-luun)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Turkish balon, sıcak hava balonu
  • balonballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • sıcak hava balonuballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Ukrainian пові́тряна ку́ля, монгольф'є́р
  • пові́тряна ку́ля (povítrjana kúlja)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • монгольф'є́р (monholʹfʺjér)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • аероста́т (aerostát)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Urdu غُبّارَہ
  • غُبّارَہ (ġubbārā)balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Vietnamese khinh khí cầu, khí cầu
  • khinh khí cầuballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
  • khí cầuballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Welsh balŵn aer cynnes
  • balŵn aer cynnesballoon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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