Balcony

Definition: Balcony

Balcony

Noun

1. An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium.

2. A platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "balcony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Etymology: Balcony \Bal"co*ny\, noun; plural Balconies. [Italian balcone; compare to Italian balco, palco, scaffold, from Old High German balcho, beam, German balken. See Balkbeam.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

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Convexity

Cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster.

Crosswords: Balcony

I didn't see you throw the guy off the balcony. I just want to know if you like your haircut (The Rock; writing credit: Douglas Cook.)

Middle balcony. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Well, that's a great story, standing in the window Juliet on the balcony (Bed of Roses; writing credit: Michael Goldenberg)

She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicing him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him home. (references; author: unknown)

The Balcony (1963)

Balcony to Sheinkin (1998)

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Books

• A Balcony over the Fakihani (Emerging Voices) (reference)

• Balcony, Terrace and Patio Gardening (reference)

• The City Gardeners Handbook: From Balcony to Backyard: A Comprehensive Guide to Planting Small Spaces and Containers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Balcony (reference)

• Balcony (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sittin' In the Balcony (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Caption: Miller Cottage with a Group of People on Porch, Including Edison and Mina Edison, Ezra T. Gilliland, Francis Upton, Marion Edison, Left, and Grace Miller, on Balcony; Chautauqua, NY; 1885; {14.340/22} (jpg).

Caption: Bldg. 5, Library, View from Second Floor Balcony; West Orange, NJ; Pre-1918; {10.387/13} (jpg).

U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No. 22, London, England. : Patients sunning on the balcony. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

On the balcony of the U.S. Embassy, Manila, while serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines in 1952-55. Several Japanese ships, sunk in Manila Bay during World War II, are visible in the background. Credit: NAVY.

Franklin Baker house (Bryn Mawr, Pa.). Wrought iron balcony and planter for window. Elevation sketch. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wrought metal balcony with flower pots. Credit: Library of Congress.

African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bess dragged herself to a top balcony of the house. Credit: Library of Congress.

Woman leaning over a balcony with paper lanterns. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Hon. Jefferson Davis, president-elect of the new southern confederacy, addressing the citizens of Montgomery, Ala., from the balcony of the Exchange Hotel, on the night of February 16th, 1861, and previous to his inauguration / from a sketch by our s. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Eighty-six percent of homeowners have a balcony, terrace or garden, and 3.4 percent have been burglarized during the 12-month period preceding the interview. (references)

This is up from 5 MUP and 18 IUP precincts last year. Typically, an MUP consists of improvements to the living space (for instance a new balcony, addition bathroom, etc.). (references)

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Expressions using "balcony": balcony flower box ♦ balcony parapet ♦ first balcony ♦ lower balcony ♦ second balcony ♦ upper balcony. Additional references.

Beginning with "balcony": balcony-access.

Ending with "balcony": open-balcony.

Afrikaans

balkon. (various references)

Albanian

balkon, galeri (circle, gallery, tunnel). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لوج (circle, tier), ‏البلكون, ‏شرفة (gulp, niche, overhang, porch, slot, terrace, tier, traverse, veranda, verandah). (various references)

Asturian

corredor. (various references)

Basque

balkoi. (various references)

Bemba

bakoni. (various references)

Bulgarian 

балкон (circle, gallery, loft, tier). (various references)

Catalan

balcó. (various references)

Cebuano

balkon. (various references)

Chamorro

batkón. (various references)

Chinese 

陽臺 , 阳台 (Balconies). (various references)

Czech

balkón (terrace, upper circle). (various references)

Danish

balkon. (various references)

Dutch

balkon (platform). (various references)

Esperanto

balkono. (various references)

Faeroese

altan. (various references)

Farsi 

لژبالا (Gallery), ایوان (Cloister, Patio, Porch, Portal, Portico), بالکن , بالاخانه (Upstairs). (various references)

Finnish

parveke (circle, gallery). (various references)

French

balcon. (various references)

Frisian

balkon. (various references)

German

Balkon (dress circle), Galerie (arcade, gallery). (various references)

Greek 

μπαλκόνι. (various references)

Hebrew 

מרפסת (porch, terrace, verandah), יציע (circle, gallery, mattress, porch), גזוזטרה (porch, verandah). (various references)

Hungarian

erkély (amphitheatre, first tier, gallery), balkon, karzat (gallery, loft, upper circle). (various references)

Icelandic

svalir. (various references)

Indonesian

balkon (platform), serambi atas. (various references)

Inuktitut

aniiqvik iglumi. (various references)

Italian

balcone (gazebo), terrazzo (terrace). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

露台 , 縁側　 (open corridor, porch, veranda), 縁側 (open corridor, porch, veranda), ベビー箪笥 (baby doll, belly dance, belly roll, Beloruss, beryllium, small-sized wardrobe, verandah, verification card, verifier, verify, volume), バベルの塔 (balalaika, balance, balance of power, balance sheet, ballade, ballast, balloon, Baltic, balun, barber's clippers, Barcelona, baritone, barium, barracks, barreled wine, barricade, barrier, Barriquand et Marre, bawm bawm, Brahman, bulk carrier, bulk line, bulk storage, bulky, bulky sweater, impediment removal, Tower of Babel, value, value analysis, value engineering, variable condensor, variant, variation, variety, variety show, variety store, varistor, vulcanized fiber, vulcanized rubber). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ベランダ (verandah), バルコニー , ろだい, えんがわ (open corridor, porch, veranda). (various references)

Korean 

발코니 (Balconies). (various references)

Macedonian

terasa. (various references)

Manx

porch er lout, balcane. (various references)

Norwegian

altan. (various references)

Occitan

balcon. (various references)

Papiamen

balkon. (various references)

Pig Latin

alconybay.(various references)

Polish

balkon. (various references)

Portuguese

balcão (counter, desk, gallery), sacada (bulkhead, gallery, jut, porch). (various references)

Provencal

balcon. (various references)

Romanian

balcon (dress circle, gallery, pavilion). (various references)

Romansch

balcun. (various references)

Romany

balkòy. (various references)

Ruanda

ibaraza. (various references)

Russian 

балкон (family circle, upper circle). (various references)

Samoan

fogaafeafe. (various references)

Sepedi

mathudidimo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

balkon. (various references)

Spanish

balcón. (various references)

Sranan

barkon. (various references)

Swedish

balkong, altan. (various references)

Thai

ที่นั่งชั้นบน, ระเบียง (loggia, terrace). (various references)

Turkish

balkon (bosom, gazebo, terrace). (various references)

Turkmen 

balkon (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

верхня галерея, балкон першого ярусу, балкон (gallery). (various references)

Welsh

balcon, oriel (gallery). (various references)

ekthetas. (various references)

puie, puy. (various references)

Misspellings

"Balcony" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alcon, baalkony, Bacani, Baglioni, balcan, balcary, Balcnh, balcone, balconey, Balconi, Baldon, Balgonie, Balgownie, balkoney, balkonie, balkony, ballony, balloony, balony, Balson, Bescoby, Bolshoy, bulcan. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bacon, banco, boyla, coaly, cyano, nobly.

-3 letters: ably, acyl, bloc, bola, bony, calo, clan, clay, clon, cloy, coal, cola, coly, cony, cyan, lacy, loan, loca, only.

-4 letters: abo, aby, alb, any, bal, ban, bay, boa, boy, cab, can, cay, cob, col, con, coy, lab, lac, lay, lob, nab, nay, nob, oca, yob, yon.

+1 letter: carbonyl.

+2 letters: carbonyls, countably.

+3 letters: actionably, barleycorn, carbonylic, cognizably, insociably, noticeably, unsociably.

+4 letters: accountably, barleycorns, binocularly, botanically, bronchially, commendably, conceivably, conformably, connubially, flamboyance, flamboyancy, nonsyllabic.

+5 letters: binocularity, bonnyclabber, communicably, connubiality, considerably, constabulary, countability, flamboyances, incommutably, incomparably, incompatibly, incomputably, inconsolably, inconsumably, monosyllabic, recognizably, subsonically.