montgolfière — meaning in English
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English meaning
- balloon noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
Senses
montgolfière is used for these senses in English:
- Montgolfier (dated) Ellipsis of Montgolfier balloon.
- Montgolfier balloon The most common type of hot-air balloon, a balloon lifted by only heated air with onboard burners, and a usually-manned platform at the base.
- hot-air balloon A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.
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.