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balcon

See also: balcón and Balcon

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French balcon.

Noun

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balcon (plural balcons)

  1. Obsolete form of balcony.
    • 1665 June 1, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys‎[1], volume 5, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, pages 33–34:
      That done, we walked to Cornehill, and there at Mr. Cade’s stood in the balcon and saw all the funeral, which was with the blue-coat boys and old men, all the Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, &c., and the number of the company very great; the greatest I ever did see for a taverne.

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French

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Germanic *balkô
    Frankish *balkōbor.
    Medieval Latin balcōbor.
    Italian balconebor.
    French balcon

    Borrowed from Italian balcone.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bal.kɔ̃/
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    Noun

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    balcon m (plural balcons)

    1. (architecture) balcony

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    Friulian

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    Of Germanic origin; possibly from Lombardic balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Venetan balcon.

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    balcon m (plural balcons)

    1. window

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French balcon.

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    balcon n (plural balcoane)

    1. (architecture) balcony
      El stă pe balcon.
      He is sitting on the balcony.
    2. (slang) boob, tit
      Are niște balcoane imense!
      She has huge tits!

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    Declension of balcon
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative balcon balconul balcoane balcoanele
    genitive-dative balcon balconului balcoane balcoanelor
    vocative balconule balcoanelor

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Lombardic balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Italian balcone.

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    balcon m (plural balconi) (Alternative plural: balcuni)

    1. window
    2. shutter

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    Zazaki

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    Etymology

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    Ultimately from Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana).

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    balcon

    1. eggplant
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