balon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Cebuano balon, Ilocano balon and Tagalog baon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalon/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

bálon (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. lunch money, pocket money

Borrowed from Tagalog balon.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlon/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. well (for water)

   Synonym: bubon

Borrowed from Spanish balón or English balloon.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlon/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. balloon

   Synonyms: globo, butog, palibutog

• bawon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Ilocano balon Tagalog baon).

• (Standard Cebuano, Leyte, Bohol) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/
• (Metro Cebu) IPA^(key): /baˈwon/
• (Surigao) IPA^(key): /baˈjon/
• Rhymes: -on̪, -aʊ̯n̪
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balon

1. money, food, or other provisions taken to school, work, or on a journey
2. lunch money or pocket money

balon

1. to bring or carry money, food or other provisions
2. to learn a lesson or heed an advice before or during a journey

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:balon.

balon

1. accusative singular of balo

balon m

1. football

bal +‎ -on (case suffix)

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balon

1. superessive singular of bal

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Cebuano balon Tagalog baon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalun/,
• Hyphenation: bá‧lon

bálon

1. provisions; food, money or supplies brought on a journey or outside home

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbalɔn/
• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

From Dutch ballon. Cognate with Malay belon.

balon (plural balon-balon)

1. balloon (an inflatable buoyant object)
2. (figurative, obsolete) news

   Synonym: kabar

Perhaps from Javanese.

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Synonym of pelacur (“whore”)

Blend of bakal +‎ calon

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)

1. Acronym of bakal calon (“prospective candidate, aspirant”).

• “balon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

balon m

1. balloon

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Borrowed from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from northern Italian balone, ballone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balon m inan (diminutive balonik or balonek)

1. (aviation) balloon (inflatable and buoyant object)
2. balloon (child's toy)
3. hot-air balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
4. balloon (type of glass cup)
5. (colloquial, humorous) female breast

   Synonym: melon

• balon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French ballon.

balon n (plural baloane)

1. balloon (child’s toy)
2. balloon; hot air balloon
3. (sports) ball

• IPA^(key): /bǎloːn/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

bàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ло̄н)

1. balloon

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (water) well
2. excavation; deep digging

• bal-on — dialectal, Southern Tagalog

Borrowed from Spanish balón.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. balloon

   Synonym: lobo

2. ream (of paper)

   Synonym: resma

3. bale (of paper)

   Synonym: paldo

• “balon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• labon

From Ottoman Turkish بالون (balon), from French ballon.

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɫɔn/

• Audio:

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balon (definite accusative balonu, plural balonlar)

1. balloon