balkon

Etymology

From French balcon, from Italian balcone (“balcony”), from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic *balk, balko (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Doublet of bjælke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balkɔnɡ/, [b̥alˈkʰʌŋ]

Noun

balkon c (singular definite balkonen, plural indefinite balkoner)

1. (architecture) balcony

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bɑlˈkɔn/

Noun

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkonnetje n)

1. (architecture) balcony

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlkon]
• Hyphenation: bal‧kon

Noun

balkon (plural balkonok)

1. (architecture) balcony

Etymology

From French balcon, from Italian balcone, from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”), from Lombardic balko, Old High German *balkon- (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.kɔn/

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Noun

balkon m inan

1. (architecture) balcony

Further reading

• balkon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Italian balcone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlkoːn/
• Hyphenation: bal‧kon

Noun

bàlkōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лко̄н)

1. (architecture) balcony