The balustrade gave way and several people fell to the ground.
Source: tatoeba (4537022)
Balustrade
//ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd//
Synonyms for "balustrade" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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Translations
64 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- balustradë noun (row of balusters)
Armenian
1 entries- ճաղաշար noun (row of balusters)
Basque
1 entries- balaustrada noun (row of balusters)
Belarusian
1 entries- балюстра́да noun (row of balusters)
Bulgarian
1 entries- балюстра́да noun (row of balusters)
Catalan
1 entries- balustrada noun (row of balusters)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 欄杆 noun (row of balusters)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 欄杆 noun (row of balusters)
Czech
1 entries- balustráda noun (row of balusters)
Danish
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Dutch
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Esperanto
1 entries- balustrado noun (row of balusters)
Estonian
1 entries- balustraad noun (row of balusters)
Finnish
1 entries- balustradi noun (row of balusters)
French
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Galician
1 entries- balaustrada noun (row of balusters)
Georgian
1 entries- ბალუსტრადა noun (row of balusters)
German
1 entries- Balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Greek
3 entries- κιγκλίδωμα noun (row of balusters)
- μπαλουστράδα noun (row of balusters)
- μπαλούστρο noun (row of balusters)
Hebrew
1 entries- מעקה noun (row of balusters)
Hungarian
2 entries- balusztrád noun (row of balusters)
- mellvéd noun (row of balusters)
Icelandic
4 entries- brjóstrið noun (row of balusters)
- grindverk noun (row of balusters)
- handrið noun (row of balusters)
- rimlagirðing noun (row of balusters)
Ido
1 entries- balustrado noun (row of balusters)
Indonesian
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Irish
1 entries- balastráid noun (row of balusters)
Italian
3 entries- balaustra noun (row of balusters)
- balaustrata noun (row of balusters)
- ringhiera noun (row of balusters)
Japanese
3 entries- 手すり noun (row of balusters)
- 手摺 noun (row of balusters)
- 欄干 noun (row of balusters)
Korean
2 entries- 난간 noun (row of balusters)
- 란간 noun (row of balusters)
Latvian
1 entries- balustrāde noun (row of balusters)
Lithuanian
1 entries- baliustrada noun (row of balusters)
Macedonian
1 entries- балустрада noun (row of balusters)
Norman
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- balustrade noun (row of balusters)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پرمقلق noun (row of balusters)
Persian
1 entries- دارابزین noun (row of balusters)
Polish
1 entries- balustrada noun (row of balusters)
Portuguese
1 entries- balaustrada noun (row of balusters)
Romanian
1 entries- balustradă noun (row of balusters)
Russian
1 entries- балюстра́да noun (row of balusters)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stùc-shread noun (row of balusters)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȍgrada noun (row of balusters)
- о̏града noun (row of balusters)
Slovak
1 entries- balustrada noun (row of balusters)
Slovene
1 entries- balustrada noun (row of balusters)
Spanish
1 entries- balaustrada noun (row of balusters)
Swedish
1 entries- balustrad noun (row of balusters)
Tagalog
1 entries- palababahan noun (row of balusters)
Turkish
2 entries- korkuluk noun (row of balusters)
- tırabzan noun (row of balusters)
Ukrainian
1 entries- балюстра́да noun (row of balusters)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The staircase balustrade was carved from red marble.
Source: tatoeba (10248463)
So on a pleasant morning, as he leant / Into the sun-rise, o’er the balustrade [...]
Source: wiktionary
The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.
Source: wiktionary
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