# balkon
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Russian балко́н (balkón), ultimately from Italian balcone.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balkon (definite accusative balkonu, plural balkonlar)
* balcony

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “balkon” in Obastan.com.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbalkon]
* IPA: [ˈbalkoːn]
* Hyphenation: bal‧kon

### Noun

balkon m inan
* Alternative form of balkón

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “balkon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “balkon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “balkon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From French balcon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balkɔnɡ/, [b̥alˈkʰʌŋ]

### Noun

balkon c (singular definite balkonen, plural indefinite balkoner)
* balcony

#### Descendants

* → Greenlandic: balkonngi

### Further reading

* “balkon” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* balcon (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French balcon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑlˈkɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bal‧kon
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Noun

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkonnetje n)
* (architecture) balcony

#### Derived terms

* balkondeur
* balkonpot
* balkonspringen

#### Related terms

* balk

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: balkon
* → Indonesian: balkon
* → Sranan Tongo: barkon
** → Caribbean Javanese: balkong

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French balcon (“balcony”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balˈkɔ̃/

### Noun

balkon
* balcony

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Balkon, from French balcon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒlkon]
* Hyphenation: bal‧kon
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

balkon (plural balkonok)
* (architecture) balcony
    Synonym: (more common) erkély

#### Declension
### See also

* loggia
* terasz

### Further reading

* balkon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* balkon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch balkon, from French balcon, from Italian balcone, from Old Italian balco (“scaffold”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbal.kɔn]
* Hyphenation: bal‧kon

### Noun

balkon (plural balkon-balkon)
* balcony,
** (architecture, real estate) an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window
** an accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like

#### Alternative forms

* balkoni (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

### Further reading

* “balkon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Maranao
### Noun

balkon
* balcony
* porch

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French balcon, from Italian balcone, from Old Italian balcone, from Lombardic balko, Old High German *balkon-, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal.kɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alkɔn
* Syllabification: bal‧kon

### Noun

balkon m inan (diminutive balkonik)
* (architecture) balcony (an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window)
* balcony (an accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like)

#### Derived terms

* balkonowy

### Further reading

* balkon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* balkon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian balcone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎlkoːn/
* Hyphenation: bal‧kon

### Noun

bàlkōn m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лко̄н)
* (architecture) balcony

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balcón.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /balˈkon/ [bɐlˈkon̪]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: bal‧kon

### Noun

balkón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
* balcony
    Synonyms: balkonahe, asotea
* small porch; veranda
    Synonyms: beranda, balkonahe

#### See also

* terasa

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Related to Dutch balkon from French balcon.

### Noun

balkon n (plural balkons, diminutive balkontsje)
* balcony

#### Further reading

* “balkon”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011