How is the word balance translated from French to English

English translation
Scales
noun

Appareil servant à peser des objets

A device used for weighing objects

Examples with “balance”

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  • Posez la boîte sur la balance. — Please place the box on the scales.

  • Le poisson brillait de ses écailles luisantes. — The fish glistened with shiny scales.

  • Je travaille mes gammes pour le concert. — I am practicing my scales for the performance.

  • La balance affiche un poids exact aujourd'hui. — The scales show an accurate weight today.

  • Tu vois les écailles de ce lézard ? — Can you see the scales on that lizard?

  • Peux-tu jouer les gammes lentement pour moi ? — Can you play the scales slowly for me?

  • La balance est-elle bien étalonnée pour cette mesure ? — Are the scales properly calibrated for this measurement?

  • Elle a ramassé une écaille qui était tombée. — She picked up a scale that had fallen off.

  • Le professeur nous a appris de nouvelles gammes en cours aujourd'hui. — The teacher taught us new scales in class today.

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