falchion

See also Falchion

English

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Alternative forms

Variant spellings

(14 th century): fachon fachone fachoun fauchon fauchone fauchoun fawchon fawchone fawchoun (15 th century): fachon fachone fachoun fauchon fauchone fauchoun fauschune fawchon fawchone fawchoun fawchun fawken (erroneous, conflating falcon) fouchon fwalchon

(16 th century): fachen fachon fachone fachoun falcheon faucheon fauchin fauchine fauchion fauchon fauchone fauchoun faulcheon faulchion fawcheon fawchin fawchine fawchion fawchon fawchone fawchoun

(17 th century): fachon fachone fachoun falcen (erroneous, conflating falcon) falchion falchon faucheon fauchin fauchine fauchion fauchon fauchone fauchoun faulcheon faulchion fawcheon fawchin fawchine fawchion fawchon fawchone fawchoun

(18 th century): falchion faucheon fauchion faulcheon faulchin faulchion fawcheon fawchion (19 th century): falchion faucheon fauchion faulcheon faulchion fawcheon fawchion (20 th century–present): falchion (modern standard spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx (stem: falc-, “sickle”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: fôlʹshən, IPA: /ˈfɔːlʃən/, X-SAMPA: /"fO:lS@n/

Noun

falchion (plural falchions)

1. (also in attributive use) A somewhat curved medieval broadsword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
2. (obsolete) A billhook.

Derived terms

case of falchions (swordplay) double falchion (swordplay)

falchioned (armed with a falchion) single falchion (swordplay)

Translations

sword

• Dutch: fautsoen (nl)
• French: fauchon (fr)
• German: Falchion (de)
• Italian: falcione (it) m

• Japanese: ファルシオン (ja)
• Lithuanian: falčionas (lt)
• Russian: фальчион (ru) (falʹčion), меч (ru) (mech)
• Spanish: bracamante (es)

Verb

falchion (third-person singular simple present *falchions, present participle *falchioning, simple past falchioned, past participle *falchioned)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.

Derived terms

• falchioned (slain by a falchion)