balcone

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), borrowed from Lombardic *balk, balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balˈko.ne/

Noun

balcone m (plural balconi)

balcony

Synonyms

terrazzo, terrazza

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: balcó
→ Danish: balkon
→ Dutch: balkon
→ English: balcony
→ French: balcon
- → German: Balkon
→ Hungarian: balkon
→ Polish: balkon
→ Portuguese: balcão
→ Romanian: balcon
→ Spanish: balcón
→ Swedish: balkong
→ Venetian: balcon

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