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See also: Eagle
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈiːɡəl/
- (US, dialectal, chiefly Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -iːɡəl
Noun
[edit]eagle (plural eagles)
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- 2017, “The Eagle Flies Alone”, performed by Arch Enemy:
- I, I go my own way
I swim against the stream
Forever I will fight the pοwers that be
The eagle flies alone
- (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
- I got an eagle in the third hole.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Golf
Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from the carnivorous bird
- African crowned eagle
- African fish eagle
- American eagle
- bald eagle
- bateleur eagle
- blood eagle
- booted eagle
- changeable hawk-eagle
- Chilean eagle
- crested hawk-eagle
- crowned eagle
- double-headed eagle
- eagle dad
- eagle dance
- eagle eye
- eagle-eye, eagle-eyed
- eagle freak
- eagle-hawk
- eaglehawk
- eagle owl
- eagle-owl
- Eagle Pass
- eagle ray
- Eagle River
- Eagle Scout
- eagle stone
- eagle-stone
- eaglestone
- eaglet
- eastern imperial eagle
- Eurasian eagle owl
- fish eagle
- fishing eagle
- gier eagle
- gier-eagle
- golden eagle
- greater spotted eagle
- Haast's eagle
- harpy eagle
- hawk-eagle
- iron eaglelesser spotted eagle
- Madagascan fish eagle
- Madagascar fish eagle
- Madagascar sea-eagle
- martial eagle
- Mexican eagle
- monkey-eating eagle
- Philippine eagle
- quarter eagle
- red-backed sea eagle
- red-backed sea-eagle
- sea eagle
- sea-eagle
- serpent eagle
- short-toed eagle
- short-toed snake eagle
- snake eagle
- spotted eagle-owl
- spotted eagle ray
- spread eagle
- spread-eagle
- steppe eagle
- tawny eagle
- Verreaux's eagle
- Wahlberg's eagle
- wedge-tailed eagle
- white-bellied sea eagle
- white-breasted sea eagle
- white-headed eagle
- white-tailed eagle
- white-tailed sea eagle
terms derived from U.S. coin
other derived terms
Translations
[edit]any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
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representation of an eagle in heraldry
a gold coin with a face value of $10.00
in golf, a score of two under par for a hole
See also
[edit]13th-c. counterfeit coin:
Verb
[edit]eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)
References
[edit]- “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English eagle. Doublet of aigle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eagle m (plural eagles)
Coordinate terms
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːɡəl
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- en:Golf
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- English verbs
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Heraldic charges
- en:Birds of prey
- en:Eagles
- en:Coins
- en:History of the United States
- en:History of Europe
- en:History of the United Kingdom
- Danish terms borrowed from English
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- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
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- da:Golf
- French terms borrowed from English
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Golf