felón

See also: felon and félon

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese felon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French felon, from Frankish *fellō (“evildoer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˈloŋ]

Adjective

felón (feminine felona, masculine plural felóns, feminine plural felonas)

1. (archaic) felon, wicked

Noun

felón m (plural felóns, feminine felona, feminine plural felonas)

1. felon

Related terms

• felonía

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “felon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “felon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “felón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “felón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Spanish

Etymology

From French felon.

Adjective

felón (feminine felona, masculine plural felones, feminine plural felonas)

1. treacherous
2. wicked

Noun

felón m (plural felones, feminine felona, feminine plural felonas)

1. villain (wicked person)

Derived terms

• felonía

Further reading

• “felón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014