"balance" meaning in Anglais

See balance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈbæl.əns\, ˈbæl.əns Audio: En-us-balance.ogg Forms: balances [plural]
  1. Équilibre.
    Sense id: fr-balance-en-noun-V7QLqC0E Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Solde, reste à payer.
  3. Pondération.
  4. Pondération. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-balance-en-noun-6opmDkAR1 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
  5. Balance, bascule.
    Sense id: fr-balance-en-noun-Zi6wNRVS Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: balance scales, scales [plural], equilibrium Derived forms: balance of power, balance of terror, balance sheet [accounting], checks and balances, counterbalance, imbalance

Verb

IPA: \ˈbæl.əns\, ˈbæl.əns Audio: En-us-balance.ogg Forms: to balance [infinitive], balances [present, third-person, singular], balanced [preterite], balanced [participle, past], balancing [participle, present]
  1. Équilibrer, pondérer. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: fr-balance-en-verb--5yFdFkU Categories (other): Verbes transitifs en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Tenir en équilibre, garder l’équilibre. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: fr-balance-en-verb-7M-SDum1 Categories (other): Verbes intransitifs en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balanced, balancer, unbalance, unbalanced, well-balanced

Inflected forms

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