balise

From French balise.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːz/
• Homophone: Belize (one pronunciation)

balise (plural balises)

1. (European Train Control System) An electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway.
   • 2024 May 29, Philip Haigh, “The digital revolution and the switch to in-cab signalling”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 29:

     Akers claims that ETCS signalling renewals are roughly 50% of the cost of conventional renewals. If nothing else, this is an important reason for NR to be keen to switch. "There's no rocket science or magic in that, there's just physically less to deliver," he says. "There are no trackside signals. Yes, you have balises and marker boards, and you still have train detection, but by and large there is simply less to deliver.

• transponder

• Eurobalise
• infill balise
• virtual balise

• EuroLoop

• Blaise, Leibas, isabel, bailes, abseil, lebais, Isabel, Bailes, besail

• IPA^(key): /ba.liz/

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Borrowed from Portuguese baliza.

balise f (plural balises)

1. beacon (e.g., a signal fire)
2. (aeronautics) beacon
3. (computing) tag (element of code)
4. (nautical) buoy, seamark
5. (hiking) blaze, waymark, mark, marking
6. (orienteering) control point

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balise

1. inflection of baliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “balise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “balise” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “balise” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

• Basile, bêlais, Blaise