Neoclassical balcony in Paris Art Nouveau balcony in Paris
Etymology
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From Italian balcone ( “ balcony, floor-length window ” ) , from Old Italian balcone ( “ scaffold ” ) from Lombardic *balk , *balko ( “ beam ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *balkô ( “ beam ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ( “ beam, pile, prop ” ) . Akin to Old High German balco , balcho ( “ beam ” ) , Old English balca ( “ beam, ridge ” ) . More at balk .
Pronunciation
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balcony (plural balconies )
( architecture ) An accessible structure extending from a building , especially outside a window .
1834 , L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume II, London: Richard Bentley , [ … ] , (successor to Henry Colburn ), →OCLC , page 132 :I sprang a step forward; when two shadows were distinctly traced on the moonlit myrtle! Then two figures stood upon the balcony . A young cavalier jumped from the balustrade, and hurried down the path that led to the garden, where I well remember a gate opened on an unfrequented lane.
2002 , The Message translation of The Bible, Book of Acts 10:9–13
The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray.
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Derived terms
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Translations
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structure extending from a building
Albanian: ballkon (sq) m
Arabic: شُرْفَة (ar) f ( šurfa )
Egyptian Arabic: بلكونة f ( balkōna )
Gulf Arabic: بلكونة f ( balakōna )
Hijazi Arabic: بلكونة f ( balakōna )
Armenian: պատշգամբ (hy) ( patšgamb )
Asturian: balcón m
Azerbaijani: balkon (az)
Basque: balkoi
Belarusian: гаўбе́ц m ( haŭbjéc ) , балко́н m ( balkón )
Bengali: অলিন্দ (bn) ( olindo ) , ব্যালকনি ( bêlkoni )
Bulgarian: балко́н m ( balkón )
Burmese: လေသာခန်း (my) ( lesahkan: ) , လသာဆောင် (my) ( la.sahcaung )
Catalan: balcó (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 騎樓 / 骑楼 ( ke4 lau4-2 )
Mandarin: 陽臺 / 阳台 (zh) ( yángtái ) , 陽台 / 阳台 (zh) ( yángtái )
Czech: balkón (cs) m
Danish: altan (da) c , balkon (da) c
Dutch: balkon (nl) n
Esperanto: balkono
Estonian: rõdu , palkon
Faroese: altan f , svali m , altanur m
Finnish: parveke (fi)
French: balcon (fr) m
Galician: balcón (gl) m
Georgian: აივანი (ka) ( aivani ) , ბალკონი ( balḳoni )
German: Balkon (de) m
Greek: μπαλκόνι (el) n ( balkóni )
Greenlandic: balkonngi
Hebrew: מִרְפֶּסֶת (he) f ( mirpéset ) , גְּזוּזְטְרָה (he) f ( g'zuzt'rá )
Hindi: बालकनी f ( bālkanī )
Hungarian: erkély (hu) , balkon (hu)
Icelandic: svalir f pl , altan
Ido: balkono (io)
Indonesian: balkon (id)
Irish: balcóin f
Italian: balcone (it) m
Japanese: バルコニー ( barukonī ) ( usually roofless ) , ベランダ (ja) ( beranda ) ( roofed )
Kabuverdianu: varanda
Kannada: ಬಾಲ್ಕನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ( bālkaniyalli )
Kazakh: балкон ( balkon )
Khmer: បាល់កុង ( balkong ) , យ៉ (km) ( yɑɑ )
Korean: 발코니 ( balkoni )
Kyrgyz: балкон (ky) ( balkon )
Ladino: balkon , tarasa
Lao: ລະບຽງ (lo) ( la bīang )
Latin: maenianum n , podium n
Latvian: balkons m
Lithuanian: balkonas (lt) m
Macedonian: балко́н m ( balkón ) , тера́са f ( terása )
Malay: balkoni
Maori: mahaurangi
Mingrelian: აბარწა ( abarc̣a )
Mongolian: тагт (mn) ( tagt )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: balkong (no) m
Nynorsk: balkong m
Pashto: ارېکی m ( arekáy )
Persian: بالکن (fa) ( bâlkon )
Polish: balkon (pl) m
Portuguese: sacada (pt) f , balcão (pt) m , varanda (pt) f
Romanian: balcon (ro) n
Russian: балко́н (ru) m ( balkón )
Scottish Gaelic: for-uinneag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ба̀лко̄н m
Roman: bàlkōn (sh) m
Sicilian: barcuni (scn) m , balcuni (scn) m
Slovak: balkón m
Slovene: balkon m
Spanish: balcón (es) m
Swahili: roshani (sw)
Swedish: balkong (sv) c
Tagalog: balkonahe , tambusan
Tajik: балкон (tg) ( balkon )
Tamil: பால்கனியில் ( pālkaṉiyil )
Telugu: బాల్కనీ ( bālkanī )
Thai: ระเบียง (th) ( rá-biiang )
Turkish: balkon (tr)
Turkmen: balkon (tk)
Ukrainian: балко́н (uk) m ( balkón )
Urdu: بالکنی f ( bālkanī )
Uyghur: بالكون ( balkon )
Uzbek: balkon (uz)
Vietnamese: ban công (vi)
Volapük: bakun (vo)
Yiddish: באַלקן m ( balkn ) , באַלקאָן m ( balkon )
structure overlooking a stage