balcon

balcon

See also: balcón and Balcon

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French balcon.

    Noun

    balcon (plural balcons)

    1. Obsolete form of balcony.
      • 1665 June 1, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys[1], volume 5, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, pages 33–34:
        That done, we walked to Cornehill, and there at Mr. Cade’s stood in the balcon and saw all the funeral, which was with the blue-coat boys and old men, all the Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, &c., and the number of the company very great; the greatest I ever did see for a taverne.

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    French

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Italian balcone.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /bal.kɔ̃/
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      Noun

      balcon m (plural balcons)

      1. (architecture) balcony

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Friulian

      Etymology

      Of Germanic origin; possibly from Lombardic balko (beam), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (beam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, pile, prop). Compare Venetan balcon.

      Noun

      balcon m (plural balcons)

      1. window

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French balcon.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /balˈkon/
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      Noun

      balcon n (plural balcoane)

      1. (architecture) balcony
        El stă pe balcon.
        He is sitting on the balcony.
      2. (slang) boob, tit
        Are niște balcoane imense!
        She has huge tits!

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative balcon balconul balcoane balcoanele
      genitive-dative balcon balconului balcoane balcoanelor
      vocative balconule balcoanelor

      Venetan

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Lombardic balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô (beam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, pile, prop). Compare Italian balcone.

      Noun

      balcon m (plural balconi) (Alternative plural: balcuni)

      1. window
      2. shutter

      Synonyms

      Zazaki

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Ultimately from Sanskrit वङ्गन (vaṅgana).

      Noun

      balcon

      1. eggplant