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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

  1. noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
  2. noun The rounded outline enclosing a character's speech in a comic strip.
  3. verb To swell or increase rapidly in size or amount.

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