Balcony Definition
bălkə-nē
balconies
noun
A platform that projects from the wall of a building and is surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or parapet.
American Heritage
A platform projecting from the wall of an upper floor of a building and enclosed by a railing.
Webster's New World
A gallery that projects over the main floor in a theater or auditorium.
American Heritage
An upper floor of rows of seats in a theater or auditorium, often jutting out over the main floor; gallery.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Balcony
Noun
Singular:
balcony
Plural:
balconiesOrigin of Balcony
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From Italian balcone "balcony, floor-length window" from Old Italian balcone "scaffold", from Lombardic *balko, *balkon- (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“beam”), Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.
From Wiktionary
Italian balcone from Old Italian scaffold of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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