falcon

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See also: Falcon, falcón, and Falcón

English

a falcon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falkō (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), 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”), Norwegian and Swedish falk (“falcon”), Icelandic fálki (“falcon”), Lithuanian pálšas (“pale”), Latvian bāls (“pale”), Latgalian buolgs (“pale”). More at fallow.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːkən, -ɔːlkən
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Originally, the l was silent and purely etymological. Its pronunciation began through spelling pronunciation and is followed by most speakers, though some speakers still use l-less pronunciations.

Noun

falcon (plural falcons)

  1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
  2. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
  3. (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

Ladin

Noun

falcon m

  1. kestrel

Middle English

Noun

falcon

  1. Alternative form of faucoun

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.

Pronunciation

  • (West Languedocien) IPA(key): [falˈku][1]
  • (Provençal) IPA(key): [fɔu̯ˈkũŋ]
  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

falcon m (plural falcons)

  1. falcon
    Synonym: moisset

Derived terms

References

  • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
  1. ^ Müller 2011: 41. Likewise for the other pronunciation.

Further reading

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of faucon (falcon)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin falco, falconem.

Noun

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

  1. falcon (bird)

Descendants

  • Occitan: falcon

References

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