# balans
## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

balans f (plural balansen, diminutive balansje n)
* balance, scales for weighing
* equilibrium
* balance sheet
* type of bridge with counterweight

#### Derived terms

* balanceren
* machtsbalans
* uitbalanceren

#### Related terms

* weegschaal
* evenwicht

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: balans
* → Caribbean Javanese: balans
* → Indonesian: balans

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.lans]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lans

### Noun

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

### Further reading

* “balans” 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.

## Latin
### Etymology

Present participle of bālō.

### Participle

bālāns (genitive bālantis); third-declension one-termination participle
* bleating, baaing

#### Declension

Third-declension participle.
$^1$When used purely as an adjective.

### References

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

## Middle English
### Noun

balans
* Alternative form of balaunce

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑːns

### Noun

balans f
* balance (equilibrium)

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.lans/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alans
* Syllabification: ba‧lans

### Noun

balans m inan
* (literally or figuratively) balance (something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight)
* balance wheel
    Synonym: balansjer
* (gymnastics) balance beam
    Synonym: równoważnia
* (photography, film, of color) balance

#### Derived terms

* balansowy
* kurdebalans
* balansista
* balansjer
* balansówka
* balansować
* przebalansować
* zbalansować

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Back-formation from balansa

### Noun

balans n (plural balansuri)
* balancing

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French balance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎlans/
* Hyphenation: ba‧lans

### Noun

bàlans m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ланс)
* balance (equilibrium)

#### Declension
### References

* “balans”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balans c
* balance (physical equilibrium)
* (figuratively) balance (mental balance, power balance, ecological balance, balance of trade, etc. – similar usage to English)
* balance (sense of balance)
    Lindansare har bra balansTightrope walkers have good balance
* (watchmaking) a balance
* (accounting) balance

#### Derived terms

* balansakt
* balanscentrum
* balansgång
* balanshjul
* balanskonst
* balanskonstnär
* balanskonto
* balanskrav
* balansnummer
* balansorgan
* balansproblem
* balanspunkt
* balansroder
* balansrubbning
* balansräkning
* balanssinne
* balansspelare
* balansvåg
* balansövning
* barfotabalans
* betalningsbalans
* budgetbalans
* bytesbalans
* försörjningsbalans
* handelsbalans
* hormonbalans
* könsbalans
* maktbalans
* obalans
* snedbalans
* styrkebalans
* terrorbalans
* utrikesbalans
* vattenbalans
* vätskebalans
* överbalans

#### Related terms

* balansera

### References

* balans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* balans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* balans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* albans

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French balance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlɑns/

### Noun

balans (definite accusative balansı, plural balanslar)
* balance
    Synonym: denge