balcón

See also: balcon

Asturian

Noun

balcón m (plural balcones)

1. balcony

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Galician

a 16th century balcón

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /balˈkoŋ/

Noun

balcón m (plural balcóns)

1. 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

2. parapet

Derived terms

• balconada

Related terms

• palco

References

• “balc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “balcon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian balcone, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈkon/, [balˈkõn]

Noun

balcón m (plural balcones)

1. balcony

Derived terms

• abalconado
• balconada
• balconaje

Related terms

• palco

Further reading

• “balcón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.