balcony
Meaning
- An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
Synonyms
second floor
stern walk
upper circle
sun porch
open corridor
royal seat
open passage
second projecting portico
upper storey
exterior balcony
cantilevered balcony
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbælkəni/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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