balcony

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
2. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

Sinonieme

porch

veranda

terrace

verandah

gallery

portico

circle

⭕

platform

loggia

horde

horseshoe

lectern

loft

mezzanine

pod

school

🏫

second floor

shade

shoal

staircase

stern walk

swarm

upper circle

upstairs

walkway

window

🪟

sun deck

sun porch

open corridor

royal seat

open passage

second projecting portico

front porch

upper storey

exterior balcony

arcade

cantilevered balcony

bevy

cloud

☁️

clustering

cornice

corridor

exaltation

flight

✈️

flock

Vertalings

Balkon

balcon

balcón

balcone

balkon

balcão

balcó

μπαλκόνι

εξώστης

terrazzo

balconata

sacada

varanda

balkon

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbælkəni/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old High German: balco

Verwante met Old English: balca

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *balkô
Frankish *balkōbor.
Medieval Latin balcōbor.
Italian balconebor.
English balcony
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.