different between ballas vs ballast

English

Noun

ballas

1. plural of balla

Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg term, an -as enlargement of ballë.

Verb

ballas (first-person singular past tense ballita, participle ballitur)

1. (Gheg) to face danger

Synonyms

• përball

Related terms

• ballë
• përbalcë

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: balla, ballât

Verb

ballas

1. second-person singular past historic of baller

English

Etymology

From Middle English bar (“bare”) + last (“load”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?bæl.?st/
• Rhymes: -æl?st

Noun

ballast (usually uncountable, plural ballasts)

1. (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
2. (figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
3. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.
4. (construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
5. (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
6. (figuratively) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Profitableness of Godliness

     It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.

Derived terms

• autoballaster
• ballast wagon

Translations

Verb

ballast (third-person singular simple present ballasts, present participle ballasting, simple past and past participle ballasted)

1. To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
2. To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

Derived terms

• reballast, reballasting

Translations

Gallery

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ballast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??l?st/
• Hyphenation: bal?last
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

ballast m (plural ballasten)

1. (now chiefly uncountable) ballast (weights used in ships or aerostats)
2. (figuratively, uncountable) baggage (something that hampers functioning)

Derived terms

• ballastscheeps

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ballas
• ? Indonesian: balas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.last/

Noun

ballast m (plural ballasts)

1. (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
2. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.

Further reading

• “ballast” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German barlast

Noun

ballast m (definite singular ballasten, indefinite plural ballaster, definite plural ballastene)

1. ballast

References

• “ballast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German barlast

Noun

ballast m (definite singular ballasten, indefinite plural ballastar, definite plural ballastane)
ballast f (definite singular ballasta, indefinite plural ballaster, definite plural ballastene)

1. ballast

References

• “ballast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

ballast

1. superlative predicative form of ball.