balcony

CEFRA2

/ˈbælkəni/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A platform outside an upper room, with a wall or railing.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.

Examples

  • Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.

  • The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /bælˈkəʊni/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

More examples

In context

  • I'm on the balcony.

  • Its old town rises out of the Aegean Sea towards a clifftop Venetian castle in a jumble of white-washed narrow streets, flat rooftops and balconies that provide a perfect, obstacle-filled arena for parkour.

  • No security cameras were monitoring the second-floor balcony where thieves gained access to the Louvre to steal historic jewels worth over $100 million, the museum’s director told a French Senate committee hearing.

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Origin

noun

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.