balcony

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbælkəni/, (obsolete) /bælˈkəʊni/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbælkəni/ === Noun === balcony (plural balconies) (architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window. 2002, The Message translation of The Bible, Book of Acts 10:9–13 The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====