falcon
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See also falcón
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English [edit]
Brown falcon (Falco berigora)
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English falcon, faulcon, from Anglo-Norman falcon, falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Old Frankish *falko (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).
cognates
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: fôʹkən, fôlʹkən, fălʹkən, IPA: [ˈfɔːkən], [ˈfɔːlkən], [ˈfælkən], X-SAMPA: ["fO:k@n], ["fO:lk@n], ["f{lk@n]
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːkən
Noun [edit]
falcon (plural falcons)
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
Translations [edit]
bird of the genus Falco
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Related terms [edit]
- Capra falconeri
- falconer
- falconet
- falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
- falconine
- falconry
- gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
- peregrine falcon
Verb [edit]
falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed)
- 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.
- 2003, Brenda Joyce, House of Dreams, page 175:
Anagrams [edit]
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Noun [edit]
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Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)
- falcon (bird)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English verbs
- en:Birds
- Ladin nouns
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Animals
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