Synonyms for ballon d'essai


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ba-lawn de-se
Phonetic Transcription : ba lɔ̃ dɛˈsɛ


Définition of ballon d'essai

  • As in trial balloon : noun test
Example sentences :
  • This is no doubt what is technically known as a ballon d'essai.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 » by Various
  • In the autumn of 1916 the newspapers put forth a ballon d'essai.
  • Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • That was a ballon d'essai, as they call it, and they think it was a very happy one.
  • Extract from : « Royal Highness » by Thomas Mann
  • And in the early morning she had sent her note to Kitty—a ballon d'essai, despatched in a horror of great fear.
  • Extract from : « The Marriage of William Ashe » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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