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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bal-kuh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl kə ni

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Définition of balcony

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Italian balcone, from balco "scaffold," from a Germanic source (perhaps Langobardic *balko- "beam," cf. Old English balca "beam, ridge;" see balk) + Italian augmentative suffix -one. Till c.1825, regularly accented on the second syllable.
  • noun porch or structure above the ground
Example sentences :
  • Christine and Palmer Howe came in to see her, and to inspect the balcony, now finished.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He sat down on the edge of the balcony and stared out blankly.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Christine had stepped out on the balcony, and was speaking to K. just inside.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • At first, by the aid of the furniture, she was able to get to the balcony.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She did not even go to the balcony, or to the window, as before.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Until now he had kept his place in the remote corner of the balcony.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • On this second thought he went out into the balcony again and had another look.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He stepped out on to the balcony, and then came quickly in again.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • This exclamation warned Massot that Duthil did not wish to leave the balcony.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • In the morning, when I awake, I sit by my window and direct my lorgnette at her balcony.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

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