ballonnet
French, noun/ba.lɔ.nɛ/
ballonnet is spelled B-A-L-L-O-N-N-E-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballonnet is a French masculine noun meaning “small ball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit ballon”.
What does ballonnet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall ball
- 2
masculinesmall balloon
- 3
masculineballonet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit ballon. 2. Petit vase sphérique. 3. Petit ballon gonflé d'air à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe d’un aéronef et permettant de modifier la flottaison et l’assiette de l'appareil. 4. Dispositif médical en forme de petit ballon gonflable utilisé pour dilater les vaisseaux dans l’angioplastie.
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 ballonnet
- ballonnets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballonnet?
- /ba.lɔ.nɛ/
- \ba.lɔ.nɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ballonnet in French?
ballonnet appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).