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balcon

French, noun/bal.kɔ̃/

balcon is spelled B-A-L-C-O-N (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balcon is a French masculine noun meaning “balcony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plate-forme en saillie sur la façade d'un bâtiment, entourée d’une balustrade et soutenue ordinairement par…”.

What does balcon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebalcony

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Plate-forme en saillie sur la façade d'un bâtiment, entourée d’une balustrade et soutenue ordinairement par des colonnes ou des consoles, qui communique avec les appartements par une ou plusieurs ouvertures, baies ou fenêtres. 2. Galerie d'une salle de spectacle s’étendant d'une avant-scène à l’autre. 3. Balustrade située à l’avant et l'arrière d’un voilier. 4. Poitrine de femme.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of balcon

  • balcons plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce balcon?

  • /bal.kɔ̃/
  • \bal.kɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to balcon

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is balcon in French?

balcon appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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