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balconette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From French balconnet.

Meanings

1. A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.
2. (rare) A small balcony.
   • The figure in the balconette appears of the same height, that it would do if standing upon the pavement immediately under the balconette, and its proportion is determined from that point upon the pavement. 1809, George John Wood, Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Perspective, page 60:
3. Synonym of balcony bra.

Forms

Deriveds

balconette bra

Synonyms

balcony bra · Juliet balcony

Translations (5)

sv fransk balkong (narrow structure extending from a building) · fi ranskalainen parveke (narrow structure extending from a building) · is gluggasvalir (narrow structure extending from a building) · da fransk altan (narrow structure extending from a building) · is dustsvalir (narrow structure extending from a building)