ballonet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballonnet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbalənɛt/, /baləˈnɛt/

Noun

ballonet (plural ballonets)

1. 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

Translations

• Polish: balonet m

Dutch

Alternative forms

• ballonnet (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballonnet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑ.lɔˈnɛt/
• Hyphenation: bal‧lo‧net
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

ballonet m (plural ballonetten)

1. (aviation) the ballonet of a blimp

   Synonym: luchtzak

Related terms

• ballon