ballonnement
French, noun/ba.lɔn.mɑ̃/
ballonnement is spelled B-A-L-L-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballonnement is a French masculine noun meaning “ballonnement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de l’abdomen lorsqu’il est ballonné”.
What does ballonnement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineballonnement
- 2
masculineflatulence, bloating
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de l’abdomen lorsqu’il est ballonné. 2. Groupe d’hippopotames.
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 ballonnement
- ballonnements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballonnement?
- /ba.lɔn.mɑ̃/
- \ba.lɔn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ballonnement in French?
ballonnement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).