ballon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
- balloon noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
- bump noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
- flask noun A narrow-necked container, usually of metal or glass, used to hold and carry liquids.
- football noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
- handball noun A team sport in which players throw and bounce a ball, trying to score by throwing it into the opposing goal.
Senses
ballon is used for these senses in English:
- ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- ball (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- balloon Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- bump The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- flask (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
- football (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
- handball (uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
ball — full definition
- noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
- noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
- verb To form or roll something into a round shape.
balloon — full definition
- noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
- noun The rounded outline enclosing a character's speech in a comic strip.
- verb To swell or increase rapidly in size or amount.