Meanings
plural balconettes
- architectureA 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.
Synonyms: Juliet balcony
- rareA 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 - Synonym of balcony bra.
Synonyms: balcony bra
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
nounSynonym of balcony bra.
Origin
- Frenchbalconnet
- Englishbalconette
From French balconnet.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish fransk altan
- fransk altannarrow structure extending from a building
Finnish ranskalainen parveke
- ranskalainen parvekenarrow structure extending from a building
Icelandic gluggasvalir, dustsvalir
- gluggasvalirnarrow structure extending from a building
- dustsvalirnarrow structure extending from a building
Swedish fransk balkong
- fransk balkongnarrow structure extending from a building
Cite this entry
balconette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balconette
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