balzo

Phonological borrowing from French balsa, from Spanish balsa, from Paleo-Hispanic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalzo/
• Rhymes: -alzo
• Hyphenation: bal‧zo

balzo (accusative singular balzon, plural balzoj, accusative plural balzojn)

1. balsa

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -altso
• Hyphenation: bàl‧zo

Deverbal from balzare +‎ -o.

balzo m (plural balzi, diminutive balzétto or balzèllo)

1. leap, jump

From Latin balteus (“belt”). Doublet of the borrowing balteo. Compare Catalan balç (“precipice”).

balzo m (plural balzi)

2. crag, cliff
3. (uncommon) frill, flounce, ruche, ruching

   Synonym: balza

4. (by extension, historical) a turban-like headdress worn by wealthy women during the Renaissance
5. (nautical) boatswain's chair

   Synonym: bansigo

balzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of balzare

• balzo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• balzo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “balteus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 226