balcón
See also: balcon
Asturian edit
Noun edit
balcón m (plural balcones)
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Italian balcone, although it is already attested in local documents since the mid of the 14th century; from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Cognate with Portuguese balcão, Spanish balcón, French balcon, English balcony.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balcón m (plural balcóns)
- balcony
- 1347, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 425:
- que façan et ergan en maneyra que non entargem o viso das feestras do balcon da outra mina casa que esta a so nesta
- that they do and erect so as they don't obstruct the view of the windows of the balcony of my other house which is near this one
- 1347, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 425:
- parapet
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References edit
- “balc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “balcon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “balcon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “balcón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “balcón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian balcone, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balcón m (plural balcones)
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Further reading edit
- “balcón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014