баласт

Borrowed from English ballast.

• IPA^(key): [bɐɫɐst]

баласт • (balast) m

1. ballast
2. (nautical) kentledge

• “баласт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “баласт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from German Ballast.

• IPA^(key): /bǎlast/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ласт

ба̀ласт m inan (Latin spelling bàlast)

1. ballast

• “баласт”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Russian балла́ст (ballást),^[1] from Dutch ballast.

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈɫast]

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бала́ст • (balást) m inan (genitive бала́сту, uncountable, relational adjective бала́стний or бала́стовий)

1. ballast (heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability)
2. (figurative) dead weight (that which is useless or excess; that which slows something down)
3. ballast (coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast)

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “баласт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• “баласт”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “баласт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 95
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “баласт”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “баласт”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “баласт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “баласт”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)