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balans

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch balanse, from Old French balance, from Latin bilanx.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baːˈlɑns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lans
  • Rhymes: -ɑns

Noun

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balans f (plural balansen, diminutive balansje n)

  1. balance, scales for weighing
  2. equilibrium
  3. balance sheet
  4. type of bridge with counterweight

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: balans
  • Caribbean Javanese: balans
  • Indonesian: balans

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch balans, from Middle Dutch balanse, from Old French balance, from Latin bilanx.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈba.lans]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lans

Noun

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balans (plural balans-balans)

  1. balance:
    1. a pair of scales.
      Synonym: neraca
    2. a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
      Synonyms: ekuilibrium, keseimbangan, kesetimbangan
    3. (accounting) balance sheet: a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
      Synonym: neraca

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present participle of bālō.

Participle

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bālāns (genitive bālantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. bleating, baaing

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative bālāns bālantēs bālantia
genitive bālantis bālantium
dative bālantī bālantibus
accusative bālantem bālāns bālantēs
bālantīs
bālantia
ablative bālante
bālantī1
bālantibus
vocative bālāns bālantēs bālantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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  • balans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

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Noun

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balans

  1. Alternative form of balaunce

Northern Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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balans f

  1. balance (equilibrium)

Declension

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French balance, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx. Compare bilans.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balans m inan

  1. (literally or figuratively) balance (something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight)
  2. balance wheel
    Synonym: balansjer
  3. (gymnastics) balance beam
    Synonym: równoważnia
  4. (photography, film, of color) balance

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
interjection
nouns
verbs

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from balansa

Noun

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balans n (plural balansuri)

  1. balancing

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative balans balansul balansuri balansurile
genitive-dative balans balansului balansuri balansurilor
vocative balansule balansurilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French balance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bǎlans/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lans

Noun

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bàlans m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ланс)

  1. balance (equilibrium)

Declension

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References

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  • balans”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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balans c

  1. balance (physical equilibrium)
  2. (figuratively) balance (mental balance, power balance, ecological balance, balance of trade, etc. – similar usage to English)
  3. balance (sense of balance)
    Lindansare har bra balans
    Tightrope walkers have good balance
  4. (watchmaking) a balance
  5. (accounting) balance

Declension

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Declension of balans
nominative genitive
singular indefinite balans balans
definite balansen balansens
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

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References

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Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From French balance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balans (definite accusative balansı, plural balanslar)

  1. balance
    Synonym: denge

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative balans
Definite accusative balansı
Singular Plural
Nominative balans balanslar
Definite accusative balansı balansları
Dative balansa balanslara
Locative balansta balanslarda
Ablative balanstan balanslardan
Genitive balansın balansların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular balansım balanslarım
2nd singular balansın balansların
3rd singular balansı balansları
1st plural balansımız balanslarımız
2nd plural balansınız balanslarınız
3rd plural balansları balansları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular balansımı balanslarımı
2nd singular balansını balanslarını
3rd singular balansını balanslarını
1st plural balansımızı balanslarımızı
2nd plural balansınızı balanslarınızı
3rd plural balanslarını balanslarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular balansıma balanslarıma
2nd singular balansına balanslarına
3rd singular balansına balanslarına
1st plural balansımıza balanslarımıza
2nd plural balansınıza balanslarınıza
3rd plural balanslarına balanslarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular balansımda balanslarımda
2nd singular balansında balanslarında
3rd singular balansında balanslarında
1st plural balansımızda balanslarımızda
2nd plural balansınızda balanslarınızda
3rd plural balanslarında balanslarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular balansımdan balanslarımdan
2nd singular balansından balanslarından
3rd singular balansından balanslarından
1st plural balansımızdan balanslarımızdan
2nd plural balansınızdan balanslarınızdan
3rd plural balanslarından balanslarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular balansımın balanslarımın
2nd singular balansının balanslarının
3rd singular balansının balanslarının
1st plural balansımızın balanslarımızın
2nd plural balansınızın balanslarınızın
3rd plural balanslarının balanslarının