balèze
French, adjective/ba.lɛz/
balèze is spelled B-A-L-È-Z-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balèze is a French adjective meaning “hefty; sturdy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fort, costaud”.
What does balèze mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hefty; sturdy
- 2
slangstrong, powerful
Ce mec est vraiment balèze!
- 3
slangdifficult
Le dernier exercice était vraiment balèze !
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Fort, costaud. 2. D'une taille importante. 3. Difficile. 4. Doué.
noun: 1. Individu balèze.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of balèze
- balèzes plural
- balèse alternative
- balaise alternative
- balaize
- balès
- baleste
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balèze?
- /ba.lɛz/
- \ba.lɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balèze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balèze in French?
balèze appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).