balanca

See also: balança, balançà, and Balança

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baˈɫaŋ.ka]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈlaŋ.ka]

Noun

balanca f (genitive balancae); first declension

medieval spelling of bilanx

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	balanca	balancae
genitive	balancae	balancārum
dative	balancae	balancīs
accusative	balancam	balancās
ablative	balancā	balancīs
vocative	balanca	balancae

References

"balanca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bilancia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǎlaːnt͡sa/

Noun

bàlānca f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ла̄нца)

(regional) scale (device for weighing)

Further reading

Crnogorac, Sanja (2020) The Lexis of the Bay of Kotor: The Northwestern and Southeastern Area, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 193
“balanca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025