balloon

Etymology
1570, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via ) from from, from. The Northern Italian form,, today a doublet, likely derived from , from , and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from, , from , from. Akin to Old High German, , (🇨🇬; "ball"). . More at.

Noun

 * 1) An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
 * 2) Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
 * 3) Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
 * 4)  A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
 * 5) A speech bubble.
 * 6) A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
 * 7)  A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
 * the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London
 * 1)  A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
 * 2)  A bomb or shell.
 * 3)  A game played with a large inflated ball.
 * 4)  The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
 * 5)  A woman's breast.
 * 6)  A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
 * 1)  A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
 * 1)  A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.

Synonyms

 * toy balloon
 * toy balloon

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: بالونة
 * Hijazi Arabic: بَلّونة
 * Moroccan Arabic: نفاخة
 * Assamese: বেলুন
 * Basque: globo, baloi
 * Belarusian: паве́траны шар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 氣球
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: pel ayr
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აეროსტატი
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: Balung
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: ballonngi
 * Haitian Creole: blad
 * Hausa: balân
 * Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा, बेलून,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Hunsrik: Balong
 * Icelandic: blaðra
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: balún, éadromán
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: әуе шары
 * Khmer:, បាឡុង
 * Korean:, 풍선(風船)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بالۆن
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lao: ລູກໂປ່ງ
 * Latvian: balons
 * Lithuanian: balionas
 * Luxembourgish: Ballon
 * Macedonian: балон
 * Malay: belon, gelembungan, gelembung
 * Maori: poihau, parūnu
 * Marathi: फुगा
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Pennsylvania German: Luft
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Loftblos
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਭੁਕਾਨਾ, ਭੂਪੜਾ dialectal
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̀ло̄н
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: balón
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: mabofu
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balun
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: గాలిబుడగ
 * Thai:
 * Tigrinya: ባላንቺና
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: howa shary
 * Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля
 * Urdu: غُبّارَہ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: balŵn
 * Zulu: ibhaloni


 * Afrikaans: ballong
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: بالونة
 * Moroccan Arabic: نفاخة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, balon
 * Basque: puxika
 * Belarusian: паве́траны шар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏌᎳᏗᏍᎩ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 氣球
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, ludbaloneto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ballon en baudruche, ballon gonflable
 * Georgian: ჰაერბურთი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: boul
 * Hausa: balân
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा, बेलून,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: blaðra
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 풍선(風船)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بالۆن
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Lao: ລູກໂປ່ງ
 * Latin: balonus
 * Latvian: balons
 * Lithuanian: balionas
 * Malay: belon
 * Maori: poihau
 * Marathi: फुगा
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, агаарын бөмбөлөг
 * Nepali: बेलुन
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Papiamentu: balon
 * Persian:, پوقانه
 * Plautdietsch: Loftblos
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̀ло̄н
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: balón
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , chimbomba
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: пуфак
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: గాలిబుడగ
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ལྒང་ཕུག
 * Tigrinya: ባላንቺና
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: howa shary
 * Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля
 * Urdu: غُبّارَہ
 * Vietnamese:, bóng bay,
 * Volapük:, lutabälun
 * Wolof:
 * Yiddish: באַלאָן
 * Zulu: ipaloni


 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: بالون, منطاد
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: hava şarı
 * Belarusian: паве́траны шар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, аероста́т
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 氣球
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: luftballon
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kuumaõhupall,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: აეროსტატი, ჰაერბურთი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ग़ुब्बारा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: balon udara
 * Irish: balún
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: әуе шары
 * Khmer: ពោងហោះ
 * Korean:, 풍선(風船)
 * Latvian: gaisa balons
 * Lithuanian: oro balionas
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: агаарын бөмбөлөг
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: luftballong, luftskip
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: пові́тряна ку́ля,
 * Urdu: غُبّارَہ
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:


 * Danish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: pallolasi
 * Polish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To increase or expand rapidly.
 * 2)  To go up or voyage in a balloon.
 * 3)  To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
 * 4)  To inflate like a balloon.
 * 5)  To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
 * 6) * 2015, Steve Wilson, A View From The Terraces (part 2, page 138)
 * After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.
 * 1)  Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
 * 1)  To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
 * 2) * 2015, Steve Wilson, A View From The Terraces (part 2, page 138)
 * After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.
 * 1)  Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
 * 1)  Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: издувам се
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Irish: balún
 * Maori: kōpuku
 * Tagalog: