balauste, n.f., balausta, wild pomegranate.
balaustier, n.m., wild pomegranate tree.
balayage, balayement, n.m., sweeping.
balayer, v.a., to sweep, to scour. Sa robe balaie la terre; her gown sweeps the ground. Le vent balaie la plaine; the wind sweeps the plain. — les mers; to scour the seas.
balayeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., scavenger, sweeper.
balayures, n.f.pl., sweepings. — de mer; sea-weed washed on shore; drift-weed.
balbutiement (-sî-mān), n.m., stuttering, stammering, lisping.
balbutier (-cié), v.a. and n., to lisp, to stammer, to mumble. Un enfant qui commence à —; a child beginning to lisp. Elle balbutia quelques mots; she stammered out a few words. — un compliment; to stammer out a compliment. Il ne fit que — son rôle; he did nothing but mumble his part.
balbuzard, n.m., bald-buzzard, osprey.
balcon, n.m., balcony.