falcon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Ladin 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

c. 1250, from Old French falcun, falcon, from Late Latin falco, -onis, from West Germanic *falkōn (cf. Middle Dutch valke, Old High German falco), from Indo-European *pol-ĝ, variant of *pol-k^; cf. Lithuanian pálšas 'pale', Latv pàlss 'id'.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: /fôʹkən/, /fôlʹkən/, /fălʹkən/
• IPA: [ˈfɔːkən], IPA: [ˈfɔːlkən], especially American IPA: [ˈfælkən]
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɔːkən

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

falcon (plural falcons)

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

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• Capra falconeri
• falconer
• falconet
• falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
• falconine
• falconry
• gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
• peregrine falcon

[edit] Verb

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

1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acflno
• flacon

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[edit] Ladin

[edit] Noun

falcon m.

1. kestrel