balustre

== English == === Noun === balustre (plural balustres) Alternative form of baluster. === Anagrams === Albertus, Breaults, baluster, bluestar, rustable == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian balaustro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈlus.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [baˈlus.tɾe] === Noun === balustre m (plural balustres) (architecture) baluster ==== Derived terms ==== balustrada === Further reading === “balustre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “balustre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “balustre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “balustre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Italian balaustro, from Latin balaustĭum. See English baluster for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lystʁ/ Homophones: balustrent, balustres === Noun === balustre m (plural balustres) baluster [from 16th c.] balustrade [from 17th c.] ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: balustre → German: Baluster → Serbo-Croatian: (or directly from Italian) Cyrillic script: ба̀лустар Latin script: bàlustar → Macedonian: балустер (baluster) === Verb === balustre inflection of balustrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “balustre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian balaustro. === Noun === balustre m (plural balustres) baluster ==== Descendants ==== French: balustre→ Catalan: balustre→ German: Baluster→ Serbo-Croatian: (or directly from Italian)Cyrillic script: ба̀лустарLatin script: bàlustar→ Macedonian: балустер (baluster) → English: baluster; banister, bannister == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === balustre m (plural balustres) (Jersey) banister == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === balaustre — dated balawstre === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish balaustre, borrowed from French balustre, from Middle French balustre, borrowed from Italian balaustro, from Latin balaustium, borrowed from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion), borrowed from a Semitic language. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlustɾe/ [bɐˈlus.t̪ɾɛ] Rhymes: -ustɾe Syllabification: ba‧lus‧tre === Noun === balustre (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ) (architecture) baluster Synonyms: barandilya, palababahan, sangga, kinsi-kinsi === Further reading === “balustre”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “balustre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018