English

Noun

balcon ‎(plural balcons)

1. Obsolete form of balcony.
   • 1665 June 1, Pepys, Samuel, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 5, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, pages 33–34:

     That done, we walked to Cornehill, and there at Mr. Cade’s stood in the balcon and saw all the funeral, which was with the blue-coat boys and old men, all the Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, &c., and the number of the company very great; the greatest I ever did see for a taverne.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

balcon m ‎(plural balcons)

1. balcony

Derived terms

• avoir du monde au balcon

Friulian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin; possibly from Lombardic balko ‎(“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô ‎(“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‎(“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Venetian balcon.

Noun

balcon m ‎(plural balcons)

1. window

Romanian

Etymology

From French balcon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈkon/

Noun

balcon n ‎(plural balcoane)

1. balcony

   El stă pe balcon.‎

   He is sitting on the balcony.

2. (slang) boob, tit

   Are niște balcoane imense!‎

   She has huge tits!

Declension

Venetian

Alternative forms

• balcón, barcon, barcón

Etymology

Borrowing from Lombardic balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô ‎(“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‎(“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Italian balcone.

Noun

balcon m (plural balconi) (Alternative plural: balcuni)

1. window
2. shutter

Synonyms

• finestra, fenestra