balcony

Meaning

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

Concepts

balcony

porch

veranda

terrace

verandah

gallery

loggia

portico

platform

circle

open corridor

second projecting portico

corridor

open passage

arcade

upstairs

walkway

mezzanine

second floor

royal seat

upper storey

exterior balcony

cantilevered balcony

horseshoe

upper circle

stern walk

front porch

lectern

bevy

cloud

clustering

exaltation

flight

flock

horde

loft

pod

school

shoal

swarm

sun deck

sun porch

cornice

staircase

shade

window

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbælkəni/

Etymology

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.