bilan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bilancio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.lɑ̃/

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Noun

bilan m (plural bilans)

1. (finance, accounting) balance sheet

   Coordinate term: compte de pertes et profits

   déposer le bilan ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   dépôt de bilan ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   bilan fonctionnel ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. appraisal, assessment

   bilan de santé ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. reports; toll, death toll

   Le bilan est lourd. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• bilantaire
• bilantiel

Further reading

• “bilan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Liban

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo	بىلەن
Cyrillic	билан‍
Latin	bilan‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)	بیلن

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai بلان (bilān /⁠bilän⁠/), برلان (birlān /⁠birlän⁠/). Cognate with Uyghur بىلەن / bilen / билән; Kazakh -мен (-men), -бен (-ben), -пен (-pen), мен (men), бен (ben), пен (pen), менен (menen), бенен (benen), пенен (penen); Tuvan биле (bile), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.lan/, [bɨ̞.la̽n]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lan

Postposition

bilan

1. (comitative) with
2. (instrumental) with