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English
Image:Balloon arch.jpg|thumb|right|Colorful toy balloons.

Etymology
From F. ballon.

Pronunciation
IPA|/b��lu�n/
audio|en-us-balloon.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|u�n

Noun
en-noun

1. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
2. Such an object as a child�s toy.
3. Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
4. medicine A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
5. A speech bubble.

Synonyms
sense|inflatable object
sense|child�s toy toy balloon
sense|transport hot-air balloon, montgolfier
sense|in medicine
sense|speech bubble speech bubble, fumetto

Derived terms
top2
barrage balloon
balloon animal
balloon-back
balloon barrage
balloon clock
balloon flower
ballooning
balloonist
mid2
balloon sail
balloon tyre
balloon vine
hot-air balloon
pilot baloon
weather balloon
when the balloon goes up

Translations

trans-top|inflatable object
Albanian: balonë
Finnish: ilmapallo
trans-mid
Russian: возд��н�й �а� (vozdúšnyj šar) m
Swedish: ballong c
trans-bottom

trans-top|child�s toy
Albanian: balonë
Czech: balón m
Finnish: ilmapallo
French: ballon m, ballon en baudruche m
German: Ballon m
Hebrew: ���� (balon) m
Hungarian: léggömb, lufi
trans-mid
Italian: palloncino m
Japanese: 風� (����, fūsen)
Marathi: फ��ा (phug�)
Russian: возд��н�й �а� (vozdúšnyj šar) m
Spanish: globo m, bomba f italbrac|Colombia|Venezuela, chimbomba f italbrac|Nicaragua
Tagalog: lobo
trans-bottom

trans-top|inflatable object to transport people through the air
Albanian: balonë, aerostat
Czech: balón m
Finnish: kuumailmapallo, ilmapallo
French: montgolfière f
German: Hei�luftballon m
Hebrew: ���ר פ�ר� (kadur pore'akh) m
trans-mid
Hungarian: h�légballon
Japanese: �� (����, kikyū)
Russian: а��о��а� (aerostát) m
Swedish: luftballong c
trans-bottom

trans-top|sac inserted into part of the body
trans-mid
Russian: баллон (ballón) m
trans-bottom

speech bubble
See speech bubble

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To increase or expand rapidly.

#: His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
#: Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.

Translations

Finnish: kasvaa, pullistua, laajeta

See also
airship
ball
ballonet
blimp
dirigible
gondola
zeppelin

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• 2007-12-07 02:11 - Conrad.Irwin - {{sense}} not italbrac

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