How to pronounce “balcony”
Say “balcony” in 3 beats
balcony
/ˈbælkəni/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /balkəni/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- balbælstress
- conkə
- yni
- IPA (American)
- /ˈbælkəni/
- IPA (British)
- /balkəni/
- Respelling
- BAL-kuh-nee
- Syllables
- 3 — BAL-con-y
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: BAL-con-y. “bal” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈbælkəni/
/balkəni/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “balcony” means
- noun
an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- noun
a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
Say it in a sentence
“We ate breakfast on the balcony every morning that week.”“balcony”, answered
How do you pronounce “balcony”?
“balcony” is pronounced /ˈbælkəni/ (BAL-kuh-nee) in American English and /balkəni/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “bal”. Build it as BAL-con-y, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “balcony” have?
3: bal · con · y. The beat lands on the first, “bal”.
Is “balcony” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈbælkəni/ (BAL-kuh-nee); British English says /balkəni/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “balcony” mean?
As a noun: an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium For example: “We ate breakfast on the balcony every morning that week.” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “balcony”?
Stress the first syllable: BAL-con-y. “bal” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “balcony” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.