barrage balloon in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for barrage balloon in the English»French Dictionary

barrage balloon N

barrage balloon

ballon m de barrage

Translations for barrage balloon in the English»French Dictionary

barrage [Brit ˈbarɑːʒ, Am bəˈrɑ(d)ʒ] N

1. barrage ENGINEER:

barrage

barrage m

2. barrage MIL:

barrage

tir m de barrage

3. barrage fig:

barrage (of questions, criticism)

barrage m

barrage (of complaints)

déluge m

barrage (of publicity)

mitraillage m

I.balloon [Brit bəˈluːn, Am bəˈlun] N

1. balloon AVIAT (gen):

balloon

ballon m

(hot air) balloon

montgolfière f

(hot air) balloon attr flight

en montgolfière

(hot air) balloon crash, accident

de montgolfière

2. balloon (toy):

balloon

ballon m

to blow up a balloon

gonfler un ballon

3. balloon (for cartoon speech):

balloon

bulle f

balloon

phylactère m spec

II.balloon [Brit bəˈluːn, Am bəˈlun] VB intr

1. balloon AVIAT:

to go ballooning

faire de la montgolfière

2. balloon:

balloon, a. balloon out (swell) sail, skirt:

se gonfler

3. balloon (increase quickly):

balloon deficit, debt:

galoper

III.balloon [Brit bəˈluːn, Am bəˈlun]

to go down Brit or go over Am like a lead balloon

tomber à plat

when the balloon goes up

lorsque l'affaire éclatera

barrage balloon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for barrage balloon in the English»French Dictionary

barrage [ˈbærɑ:ʒ, Am bəˈrɑ:ʒ] N

1. barrage MIL:

barrage

tir m de barrage

2. barrage fig of questions:

barrage

déluge m

3. barrage Brit (barrier):

barrage

barrage m

I.balloon [bəˈlu:n] N

1. balloon GAMES:

balloon

ballon m

2. balloon (for flying):

balloon

montgolfière f

3. balloon TYPO:

balloon in cartoons

bulle f

II.balloon [bəˈlu:n] VB intr

balloon

gonfler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Training consisted of an initial parachute jump from a converted barrage balloon and finished with five jumps from an aircraft.

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Although its eventual explosion is often attributed to a burning barrage balloon, this fire was put out.

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Many bombers were equipped with devices to cut barrage balloon cables.

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Initial parachute jumps were from a converted barrage balloon and finished with five jumps from an aircraft.

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