balans

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

• IPA^(key): /baːˈlɑns/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧lans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

balans f (plural balansen, diminutive balansje n)

1. balance, scales for weighing
2. equilibrium
3. balance sheet
4. type of bridge with counterweight

• balanceren
• machtsbalans
• uitbalanceren

• weegschaal
• evenwicht

• Afrikaans: balans
• → Caribbean Javanese: balans
• → Indonesian: balans

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.lans]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lans

balans (plural balans-balans, first-person possessive balansku, second-person possessive balansmu, third-person possessive balansnya)

1. balance:
   1. a pair of scales.

      Synonym: neraca

   2. a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.

      Synonyms: ekuilibrium, keseimbangan, kesetimbangan

   3. (accounting) balance sheet: a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

      Synonym: neraca

• “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.

Present participle of bālō.

bālāns (genitive bālantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. bleating, baaing

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

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

balans

1. Alternative form of balaunce

• Rhymes: -ɑːns

balans f

1. balance (equilibrium)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lans/

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• Rhymes: -alans
• Syllabification: ba‧lans

balans m inan

1. (literally or figuratively) balance (something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight)
2. balance wheel

   Synonym: balansjer

3. (gymnastics) balance beam

   Synonym: równoważnia

4. (photography, film, of color) balance

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

Back-formation from balansa

balans n (plural balansuri)

1. balancing

Borrowed from French balance.

• IPA^(key): /bǎlans/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lans

bàlans m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ланс)

1. balance (equilibrium)

• “balans” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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balans c

1. balance (physical equilibrium)
2. (figuratively) balance (mental balance, power balance, ecological balance, balance of trade, etc. – similar usage to English)
3. balance (sense of balance)

   Lindansare har bra balans

   Tightrope walkers have good balance

4. (watchmaking) a balance
5. (accounting) balance

• balansera

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

• albans

From French balance.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɑns/

balans (definite accusative balansı, plural balanslar)

1. balance

   Synonym: denge