Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballonet

/ˈbalənɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bal-lonet
IPA: /ˈbalənɛt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.

Example Sentences

"An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […]."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballonnet.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbalənɛt/

Inflected Forms

ballonets (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ballonet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbalənɛt/.
What does ballonet mean?: Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
Where does ballonet come from?: Borrowed from French ballonnet.

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