balustrade
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), via Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), from Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”)). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower. Also see baluster.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæl.əˈstɹeɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪd
NounEdit
balustrade (plural balustrades)
- A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
- 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: Printed [by Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 927360557, stanza XXIII, page 60:
- So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 45:
- The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata.
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NounEdit
balustrade f (plural balustrades or balustraden, diminutive balustradetje n)
- balustrade
- (by extension) railing
- Synonym: reling
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed into Middle French from Italian balaustrata.
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NounEdit
balustrade f (plural balustrades)
- balustrade [from 16th c.]
ReferencesEdit
- “balustrade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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NounEdit
balustrade f (plural balustrades)