balancer

balance +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.lən.səɹ/

balancer (plural balancers)

1. One who, or that which, balances.
2. An acrobat.
3. Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.

• harmonic balancer
• load balancer

• barnacle

balança +‎ -er

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bə.lənˈse/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba.lanˈseɾ/

balancer m (plural balancers, feminine balancera)

1. scale-maker
2. Person who weighs metals at a minting operation.

balancer m (plural balancers)

1. pendulum

   Synonym: pèndol

• “balancer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Late Latin (libra) bilanx "(balance) with two scale pans".

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɑ̃.se/

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balancer

1. (reflexive) to swing (“to do a reciprocating movement”)
2. (reflexive) to swing (“to ride on a swing”)
3. (Quebec) to balance (“make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond”)
4. (France, slang) to denounce (“to make a formal or public accusation against”), to rat
   • 2017 December 29, Le Monde:

     La journaliste Sandra Muller revient sur le phénomène #balancetonporc qu’elle a lancé.

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5. (informal) to toss (“to throw”)
6. (informal) to throw away (“to discard”)

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

• balancer son porc
• balançoire

• balance

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