different between baluster vs balustrade

English

Alternative forms

• ballister, balluster (obsolete)
• balustre (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle French balustre, from Italian balaustro (“pillar”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), so named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open flower, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (balaústion), from Semitic (compare Aramaic balatz (“wild pomegranate flower”)).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæl.?.st?/

Noun

baluster (plural balusters)

1. (architecture)  A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from 17th c.]
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 17 (i),

     Nick looked at the floor, and at the rhythm of the black-and-gilt S-shaped balusters.

Synonyms

• banister

Related terms

• balustrade

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Baluster”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 644, column 3.

Anagrams

• Albertus, Breaults, balustre, bluestar, rustable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), via Latin balaustium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (balaústion), from Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ??????? (bl???, “pomegranate shoot”)). So named because of resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower. Also see baluster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæl.??st?e?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæl.?.st?e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

balustrade (plural balustrades)

1. A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 45:

     The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.

Hypernyms

• parapet

Related terms

• baluster

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.ly?stra?.d?/
• Hyphenation: ba?lus?tra?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

balustrade f (plural balustrades or balustraden, diminutive balustradetje n)

1. balustrade
2. (by extension) railing

   Synonym: reling

French

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle French from Italian balaustrata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lys.t?ad/

Noun

balustrade f (plural balustrades)

1. balustrade [from 16th c.]

References

• “balustrade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

balustrade f (plural balustrades)

1. (Jersey, architecture) balustrade