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ballaster
verb
to ballast
ballastière
noun, feminine
ballast quarry
balle
noun, feminine
ball; bullet; franc (French franc), euro
balle
noun, feminine
bundle of goods; packet tied and held together with string
balle
noun, feminine
chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
balle de break
noun, feminine
break point
balle de match
noun, feminine
match point
balle de molle
noun, feminine
softball (“sport”); softball (“ball”)
balle de set
noun, feminine
set point
balle molle
noun, feminine
softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball; softball (“ball”): ball used in the sport of softball
balle perdue
noun, feminine
stray bullet
balle rapide
noun, feminine
fastball
baller
verb
to dance; to swing or sway; to dangle
ballerin
noun, masculine
ballet dancer (male)
ballerine
noun, feminine
ballerina, female ballet dancer; ballet shoe
ballet
noun, masculine
ballet
ballet à ski
noun, masculine
ski ballet
ballet-féerie
noun, masculine
fairy ballet
balletomane
noun, masculine/feminine
balletomane
balletomanie
noun, feminine
balletomania
ballettomane
noun, masculine/feminine
alternative spelling of balletomane
ballettomanie
noun, feminine
alternative spelling of balletomanie
ballon
noun, masculine
ball; balloon; round-bottom flask
ballon d'essai
noun, masculine
ballon d'essai, trial balloon
ballon de baudruche
noun, masculine
inflatable balloon
ballon de rugby
noun, masculine/feminine
rugby ball
ballon dirigeable
noun, masculine
blimp, airship
ballon rond
noun, masculine
football (soccer)
ballon-chasseur
noun, masculine
dodgeball, a sport/game
ballon-panier
noun, masculine
basketball
ballon-sonde
noun, masculine
weather balloon, sounding balloon
ballon-volant
noun, masculine
volleyball
ballonnement
noun, masculine
ballonnement; flatulence, bloating
ballonner
verb
swell, swell up, bulge
ballonnet
noun, masculine
small ball; small balloon; ballonet
ballonnistique
adjective
balloonist
ballot
noun, masculine
bundle, package; fool, nitwit
ballot
adjective
silly; regrettable
ballotage
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of ballottage
ballote
noun, feminine
black horehound
ballote faux-dictame
noun, masculine
false dittany (Ballota pseudodictamnus (L.) Benth.)
ballotin
noun, masculine
a small, elegant box, usually of cardboard, containing pralines (chocolate)
ballottage
noun, masculine
ballotage (second ballot, runoff)
ballotte
noun, feminine
ballot (ball used for voting); grape harvesting basket; alternative spelling of ballote (“black horehound”)
ballottement
noun, masculine
rocking; tossing (of boat)
ballotter
verb
to toss (around), to jolt
ballotter
verb
to ballot: to vote using a ballot
ballottine
noun, feminine
ballotine
balloune
noun, feminine
inflatable balloon; bubble; alcohol breath test
balluche
adjective
stupid, idiotic
balluche
noun, masculine
idiot
balluchon
noun, masculine
bundle, especially in a bag carried on a stick over the shoulder, bindle
balme
noun, feminine
cavern or rock shelter
balnéable
adjective
Suitable, and safe, for bathing (of a beach etc)
balnéaire
adjective
bathing; seaside
balnéation
noun, feminine
balneation
balnéatoire
adjective
of bathing culture; balneatory
balnéo
noun, feminine
clipping of balnéothérapie
balnéothérapie
noun, feminine
balneotherapy
balocher
verb
to move slowly through the streets in a carriage