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ballon d'or

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
bal-lon d'or
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.

Etymology

From French Ballon d'Or (“Golden Ball”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Ballons d'Or (plural) Ballon d'Ors (plural)

Questions

What does ballon d'or mean?
A prestigious award in football, presented annually by the magazine France Football, and given to the player deemed to be the best of the previous season.
Where does ballon d'or come from?
It is traced to French.

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