ballon
French, noun/ba.lɔ̃/
ballon is spelled B-A-L-L-O-N (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballon is a French masculine noun meaning “ball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet de forme sphérique, généralement composée d’une vessie gonflée d’air et recouverte de cuir ou de…”.
What does ballon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineball
- 2
masculinebeachball
- 3
masculineballoon
- 4
masculineround-bottom flask
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet de forme sphérique, généralement composée d’une vessie gonflée d’air et recouverte de cuir ou de plastique et servant à jouer. 2. Football ; ballon rond. 3. Engin utilisé en gymnastique rythmique. 4. Tout objet souple gonflé d’un fluide.
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 ballon
- ballons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballon?
- /ba.lɔ̃/
- \ba.lɔ̃\
- [œ̃ ba.lɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ballon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ballon in French?
ballon appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).