falcon

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[edit] English

Brown falcon (Falco berigora)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman falcon, falcun, from Late Latin falcō, from Proto-Germanic *falkô (compare Old English fealca, Dutch valk, German Falke, Old Norse falki), from pre-Germanic *pol-ĝ-, from Proto-Indo-European *pol-k̑- 'pale' (compare Lithuanian pálšas, Latvian bāls, Latgalian buolgs), from *pel- 'fallow'. More at fallow.

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  • enPR: fôʹkən, fôlʹkən, fălʹkən, IPA: [ˈfɔːkən], [ˈfɔːlkən], [ˈfælkən], SAMPA: ["fO:k@n], ["fO:lk@n], ["f{lk@n]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːkən
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[edit] Noun

falcon (plural falcons)

  1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

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falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed)

  1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
    • 2003, Brenda Joyce, House of Dreams, page 175:
      He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.

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[edit] Noun

falcon m. (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)

  1. falcon (bird)

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[edit] Noun

falcon m.

  1. kestrel
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