balcony
/ˈbælkəni//ˈbælkəni/
balcony noun: an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
Noun
balcony (plural balconies)
- An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- I sprang a step forward; when two shadows were distinctly traced on the moonlit myrtle! Then two figures stood upon the balcony. A young cavalier jumped from the balustrade, and hurried down the path that led to the garden, where I well remember a gate opened on an unfrequented lane.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 132
- 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
- An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
balcony meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
balcony in Hindi
- structure extending from a building
- छज्जा chajjā
balcony in Tamil
- structure extending from a building
- பால்கனியில் pālkaṉiyil
balcony in Urdu
- structure extending from a building
- بالْکَنی bālkanī
balcony in Bengali
- structure extending from a building
- অলিন্দ olindo, ব্যালকনি bêlkoni
More languagesFewer languages
- balcony in Telugu
- బాల్కనీ bālkanī
- balcony in Malayalam
- പ്രാസാദശൃംഗം
- balcony in Kannada
- ಬಾಲ್ಕನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ bālkaniyalli
- balcony in Gujarati
- ઝરૂખો jharūkho, અટારી aṭārī, છજું chajũ
- balcony in Sanskrit
- वातायन vātāyana
- balcony in Pashto
- ارېکی arekáy
- balcony in Tagalog
- balkonahe, tambusan, palko
- balcony in Arabic
- شُرْفَة šurfa
- balcony in Malay
- balkoni
- balcony in Indonesian
- balkon
- balcony in Thai
- ระเบียง rá-biiang
- balcony in Vietnamese
- ban công
- balcony in Myanmar
- လေသာခန်း lesahkan:, လသာဆောင် la.sahcaung
Examples of balcony in a sentence
- Looking down from the seventh floor balcony gave them a bird's-eye view of the street below.
- The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
- There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
Forms of balcony
| plural | balconies |
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Origin of balcony
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.
Words formed from balcony
Phrases with balcony
Questions about balcony
- What does balcony mean?
- Balcony means an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- What is balcony in Hindi?
- Balcony in Hindi is छज्जा (chajjā). See Balcony meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is balcony?
- Balcony is a noun.
- How do you pronounce balcony?
- Balcony is pronounced /ˈbælkəni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of balcony?
- The plural of balcony is balconies.
Words near balcony in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: balcony (page history and authors); balcony (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અટારી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); वातायन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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