Noun: balcón
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | balcón |
| Plural m | balcóns |
Sample Sentences
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1347, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 425 (that they do and erect so as they don't obstruct the view of the windows of the balcony of my other house which is near this one)
Nouns inflected like balcón
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Italian balcone, although it is already attested in local documents since the mid of the 14th century; from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Cognate with Portuguese balcão, Spanish balcón, French balcon, English balcony. See: Italian Nouns '
balcone', Portuguese Nouns '
balcão', Spanish Nouns '
balcón', French Nouns '
balcon', English Nouns '
balcony'.
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