A2noun · common

balloon

bal·loon

balloon · balloons

повітряна куля

воздушный шар, шарик

Ballon, Luftballon

globo

ballon

palloncino

balon

balão, bexiga

An inflatable buoyant object, often round and flexibleAn inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

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UK/bəˈluːn/US/bəˈlun/

» Blow these balloons up for me.

Надуй мені ці кульки. — deniko

Надуйте мені ці кульки. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

inflatable and buoyant object:

inflatable object to transport people through the air:

Русский

By meaning 4

inflatable and buoyant object:

child’s toy:

inflatable object to transport people through the air:

medicine: sac inserted into part of the body:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

inflatable and buoyant object:

inflatable object to transport people through the air:

Examples

266 sentences

Blow these balloons up for me.
Надуй мені ці кульки. — deniko
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Tom blew up a balloon and gave it to Mary.
Том надув кульку й дав її Мері. — deniko
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Tom blew up the balloon.
Том надув кульку. — deniko
ruТом надул шарик. — marafon
deTom blies den Ballon auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Meaning

14 senses

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
Ballon, Luftballon
возду́шный шарvozdúšnyj šar
пові́тряна ку́ляpovítrjana kúlja
A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
Ballon
балло́нballón
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

More meanings 11

Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
Ballon, Luftballon
возду́шный шарvozdúšnyj šar, ша́рикšárik
пові́тряна ку́ляpovítrjana kúlja
Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
Heißluftballon
аэроста́тaerostát, возду́шный шарvozdúšnyj šar
пові́тряна ку́ляpovítrjana kúlja, аероста́тaerostát
A speech bubble.
A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
A bomb or shell.
The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
Synonym of balloon payment.
(obsolete)A game played with a large inflated ball.

More definitions

large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

Origin

First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly v

First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball.

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