English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæl.əˈstɹeɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun[edit]

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.
   • 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XXIII, page 60:

     So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]

   • 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[edit]

• parapet

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

• baluster

Translations[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaː.lyˈstraː.də/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧lus‧tra‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun[edit]

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

1. balustrade
2. (by extension) railing

   Synonym: reling

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed into Middle French from Italian balaustrata.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ba.lys.tʁad/

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Noun[edit]

balustrade f (plural balustrades)

1. (architecture) balustrade [from 16th c.]

Descendants[edit]

• → English: balustrade
• → Russian: балюстрада (baljustrada)
  • → Georgian: ბალუსტრადა (balusṭrada)

Further reading[edit]

• “balustrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch balustrade, from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [baluˈstradə]

Noun[edit]

balustrade (first-person possessive balustradeku, second-person possessive balustrademu, third-person possessive balustradenya)

1. (architecture) balustrade: 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.

   Synonym: pegangan

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

balustrade f (plural balustrades)

1. (Jersey, architecture) balustrade