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balcony

/ˈbælkəni/BAL-kuh-nee
/ˈbælkəni/BAL-kuh-nee

Meaninga scaffold, a balcony

Common meaning: a platform outside an upper window

Journey through time

  1. Italianbalcone‘a balcony’source
  2. Early English spellingbalconesource
  3. Englishbalcony‘a platform outside an upper window’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian balcone ‘a scaffold, a balcony’.

Roots

  • balcone Italian “a scaffold, a balcony”

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