balança

See also: balanca, balançà, and Balança

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [baˈlan.sa]
• Rhymes: -ansa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Noun

balança f (plural balances)

1. balance
2. scales
3. Libra (Zodiac sign)

Derived terms

• balanç
• balançada
• balançar
• balancejar
• balancer
• balancera
• balançó

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balança

1. inflection of balançar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “balança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “balança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “balança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “balança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

balança

1. third-person singular past historic of balancer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐ̃.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ça

Etymology 1

balança

Inherited from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Noun

balança f (plural balanças)

1. balance
2. scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Derived terms

• balancear
• balanceado
• balanço
• abalançar

Etymology 2

Verb

balança

1. inflection of balançar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative