ballant
French, adjective/ba.lɑ̃/
ballant is spelled B-A-L-L-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballant is a French adjective meaning “dangling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of baller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui oscille, qui se balance”.
What does ballant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dangling
verb
- 1
present participle of baller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui oscille, qui se balance. 2. Qui suit les mouvements du corps, en parlant des bras ou des jambes. 3. Qualifie un câble qui n’est pas tendu.
noun: 1. Impulsion, d’une oscillation.
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 ballant
- ballante feminine
- ballants masculine plural
- ballantes feminine plural
- balan
- balant
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballant?
- /ba.lɑ̃/
- \ba.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ballant in French?
ballant appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).