ballonet. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

ballonet

SYLLABICATION:	bal·lo·net
PRONUNCIATION:	bl-n
NOUN:	One of several small auxiliary gasbags placed inside a balloon or a nonrigid airship that can be inflated or deflated during flight to control and maintain shape and buoyancy.
ETYMOLOGY:	French ballonnet, diminutive of ballon, balloon. See balloon.


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