"balun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbælən/, /ˈbælˌʌn/ Forms: baluns [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of balanced–unbalanced. Compare modem. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|balanced–unbalanced}} Clipping of balanced–unbalanced Head templates: {{en-noun}} balun (plural baluns)
  1. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one. Translations (electronic device): 換衡器 /换衡器 (Chinese Mandarin), balun (Danish), baluuni (Finnish), balun [masculine] (French), Balun [masculine] (German), balun [masculine] (Italian), バラン (baran) (Japanese), balun [masculine] (Portuguese), balun [masculine] (Spanish)

Numeral [Epigraphic Mayan]

Forms: bolon [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|emy|numeral}} balun
  1. nine

Noun [Kavalan]

Head templates: {{head|ckv|noun}} balun
  1. belt; girdle
    Sense id: en-balun-ckv-noun-Hpw4WSD6 Categories (other): Kavalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: baluns [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} balun m (plural baluns)
  1. balun (device that connects an unbalanced transmission to a balanced one) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-balun-pt-noun-7gpTO8gU Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Serbo-Croatian]

IPA: /bǎluːn/
Head templates: {{sh-noun|bàlūn|m-in}} bàlūn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лӯн) Forms: bàlūn [canonical, inanimate, masculine], ба̀лӯн [Cyrillic], no-table-tags [table-tags], bàlūn [nominative, singular], baluni [nominative, plural], balúna [genitive, singular], baluna [genitive, plural], balunu [dative, singular], balunima [dative, plural], balun [accusative, singular], balune [accusative, plural], balune [singular, vocative], baluni [plural, vocative], balunu [locative, singular], balunima [locative, plural], balunom [instrumental, singular], balunima [instrumental, plural]
  1. (Dalmatia) ball Tags: Dalmatia

Noun [Tarifit]

IPA: [βˤɑ.lˤʊnˤ] (note: Nador) Forms: baḷun [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊnˤ Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French balle French ballebor. Spanish bala Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Spanish -ón Spanish balónbor. Tarifit balun Borrowed from Spanish balón. Etymology templates: {{ety|rif|:bor|es:balón|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle French balle French ballebor. Spanish bala Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Spanish -ón Spanish balónbor. Tarifit balun [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "ball", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "balle", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "balle", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "bala", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }, { "id" : "augmentative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "individualizing nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-ón", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "balón", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tarifit", "term" : "balun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "rif" }" data-lang="rif" data-title="balun"> Borrowed from Spanish balón. Head templates: {{rif-noun|m|pl=?}} balun m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵍⵓⵏ)
  1. ball Tags: masculine Synonyms: tcamma, tacurt

Inflected forms

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