balcony

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English [edit]

A balcony.
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Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbælkəni/
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Etymology [edit]

From Italian balcone "balcony, floor-length window" from Old Italian balcone "scaffold", from Lombardic *balko, *balkon- (beam) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (beam), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (beam, pile, prop). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (beam), Old English balca (beam, ridge). More at balk.

Noun [edit]

balcony (plural balconies)

  1. An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
  2. (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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  4. An accessible structure overlooking a stage.

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