balcony
English
/ˈbælkəni/
noun
Definitions
- (architectural element) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
Etymology
Derived from Italian balcone (balcony, scaffold, floor-length window) derived from *balk (beam, balk) derived from Proto-Germanic *balkô (beam, balk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, pile, prop, plank, thick plank, balk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰelǵ-
Gloss
beam, pile, prop, plank, thick plank, balk
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- balconic English
- balconied English
- balconylike English
- multibalconied English
- unbalconied English
- phalangem Latin
- sufflamen Latin
- balcone Italian
- balcon French
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bhelg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- balcão Portuguese
- *balkô Proto-Germanic
- *blukką Proto-Germanic
- *bulkô Proto-Germanic
- balk Swedish
- balkong Swedish
- balca Old English
- balke Middle English
- bouk Middle English
- bjalki Old Norse
- bálkr Old Norse
- balkon Serbo-Croatian
- balcó Catalan, Valencian
- balconing Galician
- balconismo Galician
- balcón Galician
- balko Old High German
- балкон Bulgarian
- *balkō gmw-pro
- *balco Old Dutch
- 발코니 Korean
- *balko Frankish
- *bliga Proto-Albanian
- بلكونة Hijazi Arabic
- *balk lng
- balko lng
- balko, *balk lng
- balco roa-oit