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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballonnet.
Pronunciation
Noun
ballonet (plural ballonets)
- Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27:An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […].
Translations
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French ballonnet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑ.lɔˈnɛt/
- Hyphenation: bal‧lo‧net
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
ballonet m (plural ballonetten)
- (aviation) The ballonet of a blimp.
- Synonym: luchtzak
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