falce
Interlingua
Noun
falce (plural falces)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin falx, falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux.
Noun
falce f (plural falci)
Derived terms
- falcetto (“sickle”)
Related terms
- falciare (“to mow”)
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) falce
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin falx, falcem (“sickle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Cf. Medieval Latin falcata. See also the related form falcă (“jaw”), which underwent further semantic evolution from the original etymology of "sickle" in Latin.
Noun
falce f (plural fălci)
- old unit of measurement (used in Moldova) in agriculture equivalent to about half a hectare, or an area of land that size
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