balcony

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• UK: /ˈbælkəni/
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• UK, obsolete: /bælˈkəʊni/
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• General-American: /ˈbælkəni/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *balkô Frankish *balkōbor. Medieval Latin balcōbor. Italian balconebor. English balcony 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.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ballkon — structure extending from a building
• Arabic: شُرْفَة (šurfa) — structure extending from a building
• Arabic: بلكونة (balkōna) — structure extending from a building
• Arabic: بلكونة (balakōna) — structure extending from a building
• Arabic: بلكونة (balakōna) — structure extending from a building
• Armenian: պատշգամբ (patšgamb) — structure extending from a building
• Asturian: balcón — structure extending from a building
• Azerbaijani: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Basque: balkoi — structure extending from a building
• Belarusian: гаўбе́ц (hawbjéc) — structure extending from a building
• Belarusian: балко́н (balkón) — structure extending from a building
• Bengali: অলিন্দ (olindo) — structure extending from a building
• Bengali: ব্যালকনি (bêlkoni) — structure extending from a building
• Bulgarian: балко́н (balkón) — structure extending from a building
• Burmese: လေသာခန်း (lesahkan:) — structure extending from a building
• Burmese: လသာဆောင် (la.sahcaung) — structure extending from a building
• Catalan: balcó — structure extending from a building
• Chinese Cantonese: 騎樓 /骑楼 — structure extending from a building
• Chinese Mandarin: 陽臺 /阳台 (yángtái) — structure extending from a building
• Chinese Mandarin: 陽台 (yángtái) — structure extending from a building
• Czech: balkón — structure extending from a building
• Danish: altan — structure extending from a building
• Danish: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Dutch: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Esperanto: balkono — structure extending from a building
• Estonian: rõdu — structure extending from a building
• Estonian: palkon — structure extending from a building
• Faroese: altan — structure extending from a building
• Faroese: svali — structure extending from a building
• Faroese: altanur — structure extending from a building
• Finnish: parveke — structure extending from a building
• French: balcon — structure extending from a building
• West-Frisian: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Galician: balcón — structure extending from a building
• Georgian: აივანი (aivani) — structure extending from a building
• Georgian: ბალკონი (balḳoni) — structure extending from a building
• German: Balkon — structure extending from a building
• Greek: μπαλκόνι (balkóni) — structure extending from a building
• Greenlandic: balkonngi — structure extending from a building
• Hebrew: מִרְפֶּסֶת (mirpéset) — structure extending from a building
• Hebrew: גְּזוּזְטְרָה (g'zuzt'rá) — structure extending from a building
• Hindi: छज्जा (chajjā) — structure extending from a building
• Hungarian: erkély — structure extending from a building
• Hungarian: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Icelandic: svalir — structure extending from a building
• Icelandic: altan — structure extending from a building
• Ido: balkono — structure extending from a building
• Indonesian: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Irish: balcóin — structure extending from a building
• Italian: balcone — structure extending from a building
• Japanese: バルコニー (barukonī) — structure extending from a building
• Japanese: ベランダ (beranda) — structure extending from a building
• Kabuverdianu: varanda — structure extending from a building
• Kannada: ಬಾಲ್ಕನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ (bālkaniyalli) — structure extending from a building
• Kazakh: балкон (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Khmer: បាល់កុង (balkong) — structure extending from a building
• Khmer: យ៉ (yɑɑ) — structure extending from a building
• Korean: 발코니 (balkoni) — structure extending from a building
• Kyrgyz: балкон (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Ladino: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Ladino: tarasa — structure extending from a building
• Lao: ລະບຽງ (la bīang) — structure extending from a building
• Latin: maenianum — structure extending from a building
• Latin: podium — structure extending from a building
• Latvian: balkons — structure extending from a building
• Lithuanian: balkonas — structure extending from a building
• Macedonian: балко́н (balkón) — structure extending from a building
• Macedonian: тера́са (terása) — structure extending from a building
• Malay: balkoni — structure extending from a building
• Māori: mahaurangi — structure extending from a building
• Mingrelian: აბარწა (abarc̣a) — structure extending from a building
• Mongolian: тагт (tagt) — structure extending from a building
• Norwegian Bokmål: balkong — structure extending from a building
• Norwegian Nynorsk: balkong — structure extending from a building
• Occitan: balcon — structure extending from a building
• Pashto: ارېکی (arekáy) — structure extending from a building
• Iranian Persian: بالْکُن (bâlkon) — structure extending from a building
• Polish: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Portuguese: sacada — structure extending from a building
• Portuguese: balcão — structure extending from a building
• Portuguese: varanda — structure extending from a building
• Romanian: balcon — structure extending from a building
• Romansh: balcun — structure extending from a building
• Romansh: lautga — structure extending from a building
• Russian: балко́н (balkón) — structure extending from a building
• Sardinian: passitzu — structure extending from a building
• Scottish Gaelic: for-uinneag — structure extending from a building
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̀лко̄н — structure extending from a building
• Serbo-Croatian: bàlkōn — structure extending from a building
• Sicilian: barcuni — structure extending from a building
• Sicilian: balcuni — structure extending from a building
• Slovak: balkón — structure extending from a building
• Slovene: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Southern Altai: балкон (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Spanish: balcón — structure extending from a building
• Swahili: roshani — structure extending from a building
• Swedish: balkong — structure extending from a building
• Tagalog: balkonahe — structure extending from a building
• Tagalog: tambusan — structure extending from a building
• Tajik: балкон (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Tamil: பால்கனியில் (pālkaṉiyil) — structure extending from a building
• Telugu: బాల్కనీ (bālkanī) — structure extending from a building
• Thai: ระเบียง (rá-biiang) — structure extending from a building
• Turkish: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Turkmen: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Ukrainian: балко́н (balkón) — structure extending from a building
• Urdu: بالْکَنی (bālkanī) — structure extending from a building
• Uyghur: بالكون (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Uzbek: balkon — structure extending from a building
• Vietnamese: ban công — structure extending from a building
• Volapük: bakun — structure extending from a building
• Yiddish: באַלקן (balkn) — structure extending from a building
• Yiddish: באַלקאָן (balkon) — structure extending from a building
• Czech: balkón — structure overlooking a stage
• Danish: balkon — structure overlooking a stage
• Finnish: parveke — structure overlooking a stage
• Finnish: lehteri — structure overlooking a stage
• French: balcon — structure overlooking a stage
• West-Frisian: balkon — structure overlooking a stage
• Georgian: აივანი (aivani) — structure overlooking a stage
• Greek: θεωρείο (theoreío) — structure overlooking a stage
• Ancient Greek: ἐξώστης (exṓstēs) — structure overlooking a stage
• Irish: áiléar — structure overlooking a stage
• Japanese: バルコニー (barukonī) — structure overlooking a stage
• Korean: 발코니 (balkoni) — structure overlooking a stage
• Latin: podium — structure overlooking a stage
• Macedonian: балко́н (balkón) — structure overlooking a stage
• Polish: balkon — structure overlooking a stage
• Portuguese: camarote — structure overlooking a stage
• Russian: балко́н (balkón) — structure overlooking a stage
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̀лко̄н — structure overlooking a stage
• Serbo-Croatian: bàlkōn — structure overlooking a stage
• Spanish: palco — structure overlooking a stage
• Swedish: balkong — structure overlooking a stage
• Swedish: läktare — structure overlooking a stage
• Tagalog: palko — structure overlooking a stage
• Turkish: balkon — structure overlooking a stage