balancer

balance +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.lən.səɹ /

balancer (plural balancers)

1. one who, or that which, balances
2. an acrobat
3. any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight

• barnacle

From Late Latin (libra) bilanx "(balance) with two scale pans".

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɑ̃.se/

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balancer

1. (reflexive) to swing (“to do a reciprocating movement”)
2. (reflexive) to swing (“to ride on a swing”)
3. (Quebec) to balance (“make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond”)
4. (France, slang) to denounce (“to make a formal or public accusation against”), to rat
   • 2017, Le Monde, Dec 29th

     La journaliste Sandra Muller revient sur le phénomène #balancetonporc qu’elle a lancé.

1. (informal) to toss (“to throw”)
2. (informal) to throw away (“to discard”)

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

• balance
• balançoire

• “balancer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).