Definition
A variant spelling of ballonet; a small auxiliary balloon within an airship.
Etymology
From French 'ballonette' (small balloon), feminine variant of 'ballonet.' Used interchangeably with 'ballonet' in early aeronautical engineering.
Kelly Says
The '-ette' ending marks this as a feminine or diminutive form in French—the same ending gives us 'kitchenette' and 'statuette,' meaning 'small version of.'
Translations
ARالعربية
بالونيت
ba-lo-ne-et
CACatalà
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
CSČeština
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
DADansk
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
DEDeutsch
Ballonette
ba-lo-NEH-teh
ELΕλληνικά
μπάλλον
mpal-loon
ESEspañol
balonete
ba-lo-NEH-teh
FISuomi
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
FRFrançais
ballonette
ba-lo-NET
HUMagyar
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
IDBahasa Indonesia
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
IGIG
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
ITItaliano
ballonette
ba-lo-NET-teh
JA日本語
バルロネット
ba-ru-ro-net-to
MSBahasa Melayu
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
MYမြန်မာ
ဘောလုံး
ba-lo-nge
NLNederlands
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
NONorsk
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
PLPolski
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
PTPortuguês
ballonette
ba-lo-NEH-teh
RORomână
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
RUРусский
баллонэтка
bal-lo-net-ka
SVSvenska
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
SWKiswahili
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
TLTL
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
TRTürkçe
balonette
ba-lo-net-teh
UKУкраїнська
баллон
ba-loon
VITiếng Việt
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
YOYO
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh
ZUZU
ballonette
ba-lo-net-teh