montgolfière

French

Etymology

Montgolfier +‎ -ière. Named after Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.ɡɔl.fjɛʁ/
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Homophone: montgolfières
Hyphenation: mont‧gol‧fière

Noun

montgolfière f (plural montgolfières)

(aviation) hot-air balloon

Synonyms

ballon à air chaud

Hypernyms

ballon

Coordinate terms

Further reading

“montgolfière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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