Ballon

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Ballon

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Etymology edit

From French ballon, which comes from Italian pallone (“large ball”). This Italian word is an enlargement of palla (“ball”), which has Germanic roots.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [baˈlɔŋ], in South German IPA^(key): [baˈloːn], (rarely Frenchified) as IPA^(key): [baˈlõ]
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Rhymes: -ɔŋ, -oːn, -õ

Noun edit

Ballon m (strong, genitive Ballons, plural Ballons or Ballone)

balloon
Hyponyms: Fesselballon, Forschungsballon, Freiballon, Gärballon, Gasballon, Hebeballon, Heißluftballon, Heliumballon, Luftballon, Partyballon, Solarballon, Sperrballon, Spionageballon, Versuchsballon, Wasserstoffballon, Wetterballon

Declension edit

Declension of Ballon [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ballon	die	Ballons, Ballone
genitive	eines	des	Ballons	der	Ballons, Ballone
dative	einem	dem	Ballon	den	Ballons, Ballonen
accusative	einen	den	Ballon	die	Ballons, Ballone

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References edit

^ compare to "Wissenschaftlicher Rat der Dudenredaktion" (publisher): Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch. 6. edition. Duden press, Mannheim/Leipzig/Vienna/Zurich 2007, →ISBN, page 243