talon

See also talón

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ælən
• IPA: /tælən/

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Noun

talon (plural talons)

1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

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2. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

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5. In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

Translations

hooked claw

• Arabic: مخلب (ar) (mixlab) m

  Egyptian Arabic: مخلب (maxlab) m

• Armenian: ճանկ (hy) (čank) , ճիրան (hy) (čiran) , մագիլ (hy) (magil) 
• Belarusian: кокаць (be) (kókacʹ) m , кіпцюр (be) (kipcjúr) m 
• Catalan: urpa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪 (cmn) (zhuǎ, zhǎo), 爪子 (cmn) (zhuǎzi)

• Czech: dráp (cs) m
• Dutch: klauw (nl) f
• Finnish: kynsi (fi)
• French: serre (fr) f, griffe (fr) f
• German: Klaue (de) f

• Greek:

  Ancient: ὄνυξ m

• Irish: gríobh (ga) f
• Italian: branca (it) f
• Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
• Persian: پنجه (fa), چنگال (fa)
• Polish: szpon (pl) m, pazur (pl) m
• Russian: коготь (ru) (kógotʹ) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: ìne (gd) f
• Spanish: garra (es) f
• Swedish: klo (sv) c
• Tamil: உகிர் (ukir)
• Ukrainian: кіготь (uk) (kíhotʹ) m 

Derived terms

• taloned

Anagrams

• Alton
• laton
• tonal

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Finnish

Noun

talon

1. Genitive singular form of talo.
2. Accusative singular form of talo.

Anagrams

• alton, lotan, tolan

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French

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ta.lɔ̃/

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. heel (part of the foot)
2. backheel
3. heel (of footwear)
4. spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
5. (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something

Derived terms

• talonneur

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. (anatomy, etc.) heel

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)

1. heel (of the foot)

Descendants

• English: talon
• French: talon
• Jèrriais: talon