# balon
## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalon/ [ˈba.l̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

bálon (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* lunch money, pocket money

##### Derived terms

* balonon
* magbalon
* pabalon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog balon.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlon/ [baˈl̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* well (for water)
    Synonym: bubon

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish balón or English balloon.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlon/ [baˈl̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* balloon
    Synonyms: globo, butog, palibutog

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* bawon

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano, Leyte, Bohol) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈl̪on̪]
* (Metro Cebu) IPA: /baˈwon/ [bɐˈwon̪]
* (Surigao) IPA: /baˈjon/ [bɐˈjon̪]
* Rhymes: -on̪, -aʊ̯n̪
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Noun

balon
* money, food, or other provisions taken to school, work, or on a journey
* lunch money or pocket money

### Verb

balon
* to bring or carry money, food or other provisions
* to learn a lesson or heed an advice before or during a journey

#### Quotations

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

## Esperanto
### Noun

balon
* accusative singular of balo

## Friulian
### Noun

balon m
* football

## Hungarian
### Etymology

bal +‎ -on (case suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒlon]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Adjective

balon
* superessive singular of bal

## Ilocano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalun/, [ˈbalon]
* Hyphenation: bá‧lon

### Noun

bálon
* provisions; food, money or supplies brought on a journey or outside home

#### Derived terms

* agbalon
* balunan
* balunen
* managibalon

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbalɔn/ [ˈba.lɔn]
* Rhymes: -alɔn
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

### Etymology 1

From Dutch ballon. Cognate with Malay belon.

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon)
* balloon (an inflatable buoyant object)
* (figurative, obsolete) news
    Synonym: kabar

##### Derived terms

* balon pandu (“pilot balloon”)
* balon percobaan (“trial balloon”)

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from Javanese.

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)
* (dialectal or obsolete) Synonym of pelacur (“whore”)

### Etymology 3

Blend of bakal +‎ calon

#### Noun

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)
* Acronym of bakal calon (“prospective candidate, aspirant”).

### Further reading

* “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.

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

balon m
* balloon

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.lɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alɔn
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

### Noun

balon m inan (diminutive balonik or balonek)
* (aviation) balloon (inflatable and buoyant object)
* balloon (child's toy)
* hot-air balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
* balloon (type of glass cup)
* (colloquial, humorous) female breast
    Synonym: melon

#### Derived terms

* baloniarski
* baloniasty
* balonikowy
* balonowaty
* balonowy
* baloniasto
* balon próbny
* balonfok
* baloniarstwo
* baloniarz
* balonik
* balonikowanie
* balonówka
* guma balonowa
* rata balonowa
* pompować balon impf, napompować balon pf

#### Related terms

* balonet

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ballon.

### Noun

balon n (plural baloane)
* balloon (child’s toy)
* balloon; hot air balloon
* (sports) ball

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎloːn/
* Hyphenation: ba‧lon

### Noun

bàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ло̄н)
* balloon

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* (water) well
* excavation; deep digging

##### Alternative forms

* bal-on — dialectal, Southern Tagalog

##### Derived terms

* balon-balon
* magbalon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish balón.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: ba‧lon

#### Noun

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* balloon
    Synonym: lobo
* ream (of paper)
    Synonym: resma
* bale (of paper)
    Synonym: paldo

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* labon

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ɫɔn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balon (definite accusative balonu, plural balonlar)
* balloon