balcón

See also: balcon and Balcon

Asturian

Noun

balcón m (plural balcones)

1. balcony

Galician

a 16th century balcón

Alternative forms

• balcom, balcão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian balcone, although it is already attested in local documents since the mid of the 14th century; from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Cognate with Portuguese balcão, Spanish balcón, French balcon, English balcony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈkoŋ/ [bɑɫˈkoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: bal‧cón

Noun

balcón m (plural balcóns)

1. balcony
   • 1347, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 425:

     que façan et ergan en maneyra que non entargem o viso das feestras do balcon da outra mina casa que esta a so nesta

     that they do and erect so as they don't obstruct the view of the windows of the balcony of my other house which is near this one

2. parapet

Derived terms

• balconada

Related terms

• palco

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “balc”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “balcon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balcon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balcón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balcón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “balcón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *balkô

Frankish *balkōbor.

Medieval Latin balcōbor.

Italian balconebor.

Spanish balcón

Borrowed from Italian balcone, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈkon/ [balˈkõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bal‧cón

Noun

balcón m (plural balcones)

1. balcony

Derived terms

• abalconado
• balconada
• balconaje

Related terms

• palco

Descendants

• → Maranao: balkon
• → Tagalog: balkon

Further reading

• “balcón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• blanco