balcony

Etymology

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.

noun

  1. (architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
    The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. 2002, The Message translation of The Bible, Book of Acts 10:9–13
  2. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

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