different between balcony vs teras

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (téras).

Noun

teras (plural terata)

1. (medicine) a grossly malformed fetus

Derived terms

• terato-

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears

Estonian

Noun

teras (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. steel

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch terras, from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”), from Latin terra. Doublet of tras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?.ras]
• Hyphenation: tè?ras

Noun

tèras (plural teras-teras, first-person possessive terasku, second-person possessive terasmu, third-person possessive terasnya)

1. terrace,
   1. A platform that extends outwards from a building.

      Synonyms: balkon, beranda, langkan

   2. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
   3. The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Maori toa, Hawaiian koa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??ras]
• Hyphenation: tê?ras

Noun

têras (plural teras-teras, first-person possessive terasku, second-person possessive terasmu, third-person possessive terasnya)

1. heart, pith (of wood)
2. essence
3. core,
   1. (physics) the inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
   2. (physics) a piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??ras]
• Hyphenation: tê?ras

Noun

têras (plural teras-teras, first-person possessive terasku, second-person possessive terasmu, third-person possessive terasnya)

1. nonstandard spelling of tras (“trass”).

Further reading

• “teras” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

ter?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of ter?

Turkish

Etymology

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Noun

teras (definite accusative teras?, plural teraslar)

1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)

Declension

See also

• taraça