different between balcony vs prophet

English

Etymology

From Italian balcone (“balcony, floor-length window”), from Old Italian balcone (“scaffold”) from Lombardic *balk, *balko (“beam”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el?- (“beam, pile, prop”). Akin to Old High German balco, balcho (“beam”), Old English balca (“beam, ridge”). More at balk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bælk?ni/

Noun

balcony (plural balconies)

1. (architecture) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
   • "The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray."—Book of Acts 10:9–13, The Message translation
2. An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

Derived terms

• balconette
• balconette bra
• balconic
• balcony bra
• balconylike

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin proph?ta, from Ancient Greek ???????? (proph?t?s, “one who speaks for a god”), from ??? (pró, “before”) + ???? (ph?mí, “I tell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• (US) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• Homophone: profit

Noun

prophet (plural prophets, feminine prophetess)

1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

prophet

1. Alternative form of prophete