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Pronunciation / Transliteration: balançoire
"Les enfants jouent sur la balançoire."
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A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
"The children were playing on the swings in the park."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'swingen', stemming from Old English 'swingan' meaning to beat, scourge, or move rapidly, which shares roots with Proto-Germanic '*swinganą'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from forceful movement to a rhythmic side-to-side or pendular motion, and later heavily influenced jazz and musical terminology in the 20th century.
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balançoire
Transliteration: balançoire
"Les enfants jouent sur la balançoire."
Schaukel
Transliteration: Schaukel
"Das Kind sitzt auf der Schaukel."
altalena
Transliteration: altalena
"La bambina si dondola sull'altalena."
columpio
Transliteration: columpio
"A los niños les gusta jugar en el columpio."
balanço
Transliteration: balanço
"Ela gosta de ir ao balanço no parque."
झूला
Transliteration: jhula
"बच्चे झूले पर खेल रहे हैं।"
秋千
Transliteration: qiūqiān
"她在公园里荡秋千。"
그네
Transliteration: geune
"아이들이 그네를 타고 있습니다."
ブランコ
Transliteration: buranko
"子供たちが公園のブランコで遊んでいます。"
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