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Meaning of "Balcon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BALCON

Balcon  [ˈbɔːlkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALCON

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Balcon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BALCON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Balcon in the English dictionary

The definition of Balcon in the dictionary is Sir Michael. 1896–1977, British film producer; his films made at Ealing Studios include the comedies Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lavender Hill Mob.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALCON


African
ˈæfrɪkən
American
əˈmɛrɪkən
bacon
ˈbeɪkən
Balkan
ˈbɔːlkən
broken
ˈbrəʊkən
Dominican
dəˈmɪnɪkən
drucken
ˈdrʌkən
falcon
ˈfɔːlkən
gerfalcon
ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən
gyrfalcon
ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən
hurricane
ˈhʌrɪkən
Lincoln
ˈlɪŋkən
Mexican
ˈmɛksɪkən
milken
ˈmɪlkən
silicon
ˈsɪlɪkən
silken
ˈsɪlkən
spoken
ˈspəʊkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
Vatican
ˈvætɪkən
Vulcan
ˈvʌlkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALCON

Balaton
Balbo
balboa
balbriggan
balbriggans
balbutient
balconet
balconette
balconied
balconies
balcony
bald
bald cypress
bald eagle
baldachin
baldachino
baldaquin
Balder

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALCON

air-con
body-con
Brecon
con
deacon
emoticon
fashion icon
favicon
flacon
gascon
helicon
icon
lexicon
Macon
neo-con
peregrine falcon
recon
replicon
Rubicon
zircon

Synonyms and antonyms of Balcon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Balcon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALCON

Find out the translation of Balcon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Balcon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Balcon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的Balcon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Balcon
570 millions of speakers

English

Balcon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Balcon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالكون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Балкон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Balcon
270 millions of speakers

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Balcon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Balcon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Balcon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Balcon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バルコン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발콘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balcon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Balcon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Balcon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Balcon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Balcon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Balcon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балкон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

balcon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Balcon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Balcon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Balcon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Balcon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Balcon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALCON»

The term «Balcon» is very widely used and occupies the 19.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALCON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Balcon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALCON»

Discover the use of Balcon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Balcon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British ...
See Balcon, Michael Balcon Presents, pp. 55-99; and Sue Harper, 'Nothing to Beat the Hay Diet: Comedy at Gaumont-British and Gainsborough', in Pam Cook (ed.), Gainsborough Studios (London, 1997). 27. Besides offering employment to  ...
Jeffrey Richards, 2001
2
Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer
Mayer had been keeping an eye on Michael Balcon, the enterprising young English producer who was successfully running Gaumont-British. The two had developed an occasional correspondence involving Balcon as the polite supplicant ...
Scott Eyman, 2008
3
Historical Dictionary of British Cinema
BALCON, SIR MICHAEL (1896—1977). Executive producer. Balcon was the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants and overcame his impoverished upbringing to become one of the most powerful figures in the British film industry.
Alan Burton, Steve Chibnall, 2013
4
Paris and Its Environs
Avant-scènes du rez-de-chaussée or des premières 8; premières de face or fauteuils de balcon des premières 7; fauteuils d'orchestre 6; stalles d'orchestre 4; parterre 2 fr. Théâtre de la Renaissance (P1. W,24; 11.), a small, but handsome ...
Karl Baedeker, 2013
5
FilmCraft: Producing
Born in 1896, Michael Balcon was a patrician, headmasterly gure who ran Ealing Studios along very strict lines. “Benevolent paternalism” is the phrase most often used to describe his regime. He could be stubborn and chauvinistic. “He didn't ...
Geoffrey Macnab, Sharon Swart, 2013
6
Sentence Processing: A Crosslinguistic Perspective
... (un appartement» 0 (avec soin) ((choisit (un appartement» (avec soin» choisit 2 (un appartement) 0 (avec balcon) choisit l ((un appartement) (avec balcon» choisit 0 ((un appartement) (avec balcon» (choisit ((un appartement) (avec balcon») ...
Dieter Hillert, 1998
7
The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s
ciation of the cinema; but he singled out Balcon as the only producer to support the movement consistently.5 Then at Gaumont-British he produced Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran. The celebrated documentarist was true to his record of ...
Charles Drazin, 2007
8
Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film 3-Volume Set
Balcon established himself as a leading producer relatively quickly, working successfully with star Ivor Novello, and raising the young Alfred Hitchcock to director, most notably on the critical hit The Lodger (1926). Balcon contributed greatly to ...
Ian Aitken, 2005
9
British Cinema and the Cold War: The State, Propaganda and ...
Scott of the Antarctic files, G/79, G81-2, Michael Balcon collection, BFI Library; Barr, Ealing Studios, p. 77; Perry, Forever Ealing, pp. 107-9. 105. Durgnat, Mirror for England, pp. 16-19, 36-9, 44; Perry, Forever Ealing, pp. 112-18, 143-6, 156-9;  ...
Tony Shaw, 2006
10
Ealing Studios
Balcon's attacks, in the first year of the war, on 'The Britons who have run to a safe and luxurious haven in Hollywood' (Picturegoer, nth May 1940) received wide publicity and attracted bitter replies from, among others, his former protege Alfred ...
Charles Barr, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALCON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Balcon is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Julian Assange : « En m'accueillant, la France accomplirait un geste …
... je n'ai pu utiliser le balcon du rez-de-chaussée de l'appartement que trois fois depuis mon refuge, à mes risques et périls, et n'ai jamais été ... «Le Monde, Jul 15»
2
What's cooking in Nerja?
... spent their day recording one of the episodes in the Plaza de España on Saturday and the emblematic Balcon de Europa on Sunday. «Euro Weekly News, Jul 15»
3
Les Baléares veulent en finir avec le « tourisme de la cuite »
Excursions éthyliques (pub crawling), orgies en public, balconning (sauter du balcon de sa chambre dans la piscine de l'hôtel), drogue et ... «Le Monde, Jul 15»
4
ID of Butte man who dies after falling from balcony released
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a 27-year-old man who was found dead in an alley after falling 40 feet from a ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
5
Surveillance : Hollande, Sarkozy, Chirac, constituez-vous partie civile !
De mon bureau, sur mon balcon, j'ai une vue plongeante sur le jardin de l'ambassade et sur le fameux dernier étage (bijou de technologie et ... «Rue89, Jun 15»
6
Ireland buries students killed in balcony collapse
Funeral services have been held in Dublin, Ireland for two Irish students killed when a balcony in Berkeley, California collapsed. Diane Hodges ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
7
Mass held in Boston in memory of Irish students killed in balcony …
BOSTON (WHDH) - A special Mass was held in Boston Monday night for the Irish students killed when a balcony collapsed in California. «WHDH-TV, Jun 15»
8
Un balcon pourri et trop petit serait à l'origine du drame
BerkeleyLa mauvaise condition du balcon et le fait qu'il ne pouvait soutenir le poids d'un groupe de jeunes seraient à l'origine du drame. «24heures.ch, Jun 15»
9
Pig out! London's best bacon dishes
Breakfast burger at The Balcon, Sofitel London St James ... The Balcon London, 8 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5NG, thebalconlondon.com ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Rotted beams eyed in balcony collapse that killed 6
Workers remove part of a balcony that collapsed at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday. (Jeff Chiu/AP). «The Columbian, Jun 15»

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