balustrade

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), via Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), from Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”)). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower. Also see baluster. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæl.əˈstɹeɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd === Noun === balustrade (plural balustrades) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. ==== Hypernyms ==== parapet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== baluster ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbaː.lyˈstraː.də/ Hyphenation: ba‧lus‧tra‧de Rhymes: -aːdə === Noun === balustrade f (plural balustrades or balustraden, diminutive balustradetje n) balustrade (by extension) railing Synonym: reling == French == === Etymology === Borrowed into Middle French from Italian balaustrata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lys.tʁad/ === Noun === balustrade f (plural balustrades) (architecture) balustrade [from 16th c.] ==== Descendants ==== → Belarusian: балюстра́да (baljustráda) → Bulgarian: балюстра́да (baljustráda) → Czech: balustráda → German: Balustrade → English: balustrade → Macedonian: балустрада (balustrada) → Polish: balustrada → Russian: балюстра́да (baljustráda)→ Georgian: ბალუსტრადა (balusṭrada) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: балустра́да Latin script: balustráda → Slovak: balustráda → Slovene: balustráda === Further reading === “balustrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch balustrade, from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [baluˈstradə] === Noun === balustrade (plural balustrade-balustrade) (architecture) balustrade: a row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building Synonym: pegangan == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === balustrade f (plural balustrades) (Jersey, architecture) balustrade