balco

See also: balcó

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin balcō, borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”). Doublet of palco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.ko/
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: bàl‧co

Noun

balco m (plural balchi) (obsolete)

1. balcony

   Synonym: balcone

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto IX, page 126, lines 1–3:

     La concubina di Titone antico ¶ già s'imbiancava al balco d'orïente, ¶ fuor de le braccia del suo dolce amico

     The concubine of old Tithonus now gleamed white upon the eastern balcony, forth from the arms of her sweet paramour

2. scaffold

   Synonym: palco

   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava, Novella II [Eighth Day, Second Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎^[1], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 198:

     La Belcolore, ch'era andata in balco, udendolo diſſe. O Sere voi ſiate il ben venuto

     Belcolore then being above in the scaffold, when she heard him, said "Sweet Sir Simon, you are heartely welcome"

Derived terms

• balcone

Related terms

• palco

Anagrams

• Calbo, cablo, cablò

Latin

Alternative forms

• balcus, barcōnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *balkō (“beam, balk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.koː/, [ˈbäɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.ko/, [ˈbälko]

Noun

balcō m (genitive balcōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) balcony, raised seat

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balcō	balcōnēs
Genitive	balcōnis	balcōnum
Dative	balcōnī	balcōnibus
Accusative	balcōnem	balcōnēs
Ablative	balcōne	balcōnibus
Vocative	balcō	balcōnēs

Descendants

• Old French: bauc, balc, bauch, bal [1247]; balcane [1250] (< balcōnem (acc.sg.))
  • Middle French: bauche
  • Walloon: batche
    • → Middle French: baiche
      • French: bâche
• Italian: balco; balcone (< balcōnem (acc.sg.))
  • → Catalan: balcó
  • → English: balcony
  • → French: balcon
    • → Danish: balkon
      • → Greenlandic: balkonngi
    • → Dutch: balkon
    • → German: Balkon
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بالقون‎ (balkon)
      • Turkish: balkon
      • → Albanian: ballkon
    • → Polish: balkon
    • → Romanian: balcon
    • → Russian: балко́н (balkón)
      • → Armenian: բալկոն (balkon)
      • → Azerbaijani: balkon
      • → Georgian: ბალკონი (balḳoni)
      • → Kazakh: балкон (balkon)
    • → Vietnamese: ban công
  • → Hijazi Arabic: بلكونة‎ (balakōna)
  • → Hungarian: balkon
  • → Polish: balkon
  • → Portuguese: balcão
  • → Russian: балкон (balkon)
  • → Spanish: balcón
  • → Swedish: balkong
  • → Turkish: balkon
  • → Venetian: balcon
• Sicilian: barcuni, varcuni