falcon

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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

Cognate with Old English fealca, fealcen (“falcon”), Dutch valk (“falcon, hawk”), German Falke (“falcon, hawk”), Swedish falk (“falcon”), Icelandic fálki (“falcon”), Lithuanian pálšas (“pale”), Latvian bāls (“pale”), Latgalian buolgs (“pale”). More at fallow.

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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Noun [edit]

falcon (plural falcons)

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

Translations [edit]

bird of the genus Falco

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Verb [edit]

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.

Anagrams [edit]

Ladin [edit]

Noun [edit]

falcon m

  1. kestrel

Old French [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. falcon (bird)
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