Ballon
See also: ballon
German
Etymology
From French ballon, from Italian pallone (“balloon”, literally “large ball”), augmentative of palla (“ball”), which has the same Proto-Germanic root of Ball.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈlɔŋ/
- (Frenchified, rare) IPA(key): /baˈlɔ̃ː/
- (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) IPA(key): /baˈloːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔŋ, -ɔ̃ː, (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) -oːn
- Hyphenation: Bal‧lon
Noun
Ballon m (strong, genitive Ballons, plural Ballons or Ballone)
- balloon
- Hyponyms: Fesselballon, Forschungsballon, Freiballon, Gärballon, Gasballon, Hebeballon, Heißluftballon, Heliumballon, Luftballon, Partyballon, Solarballon, Sperrballon, Spionageballon, Versuchsballon, Wasserstoffballon, Wetterballon
Declension
Declension of Ballon [masculine, strong]
Coordinate terms
- Montgolfiere
- Kong-Ming-Laterne
Derived terms
- Ballonbombe
- Ballongas
- Ballonmesswert
- Ballonpost
- Ballonrakete
- Ballonsatellit
- Ballonwettbewerb
- Fesselballon
- Forschungsballon
- Freiballon
- Gärballon
- Gasballon
- Hebeballon
- Heißluftballon
- Heliumballon
- Höhenballon
- Luftballon
- Partyballon
- Solarballon
- Sperrballon
- Spionageballon
- Überwachungsballon
- Versuchsballon
- Wasserstoffballon
- Wetterballon
References
- ^ Wissenschaftlicher Rat der Dudenredaktion, editor (2007), Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch (in German), 6 edition, Mannheim/Leipzig/Vienna/Zurich: Duden press, →ISBN, page 243.