🇮🇹 Italian

balcone

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masculine

il balcone

balcony

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balcone
/il balˈkoːne/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say balcone in Italian?

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/il balˈkoːne/

How do you pronounce balcone in Italian?

balcone is pronounced /il balˈkoːne/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il balcone nuovo della mia casa è molto grande e soleggiato.

The new balcony of my house is very large and sunny.

Quel balcone antico appartiene a un palazzo storico del centro.

That old balcony belongs to a historic palace in the city center.

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Why is it masculine?

Balcone is masculine. While the word does derive from Germanic roots (Old High German "balko," meaning beam or plank), the primary reason for its masculine gender in Italian is the masculine -one suffix, which is a productive masculine diminutive/augmentative suffix in Italian. The word entered Italian through Romance languages and the -one suffix is the determining factor for masculine gender in this case.

What is the Italian word for balcony?

The Italian word for balcony is il balcone — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbalconlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishbalcónelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevaranda flips!afeminine

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