falcon

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See also: Falcon, falcón, and Falcón

English[edit]

a falcon

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falko (“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[edit]

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Noun[edit]

falcon (plural falcons)

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

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Verb[edit]

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.

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Ladin[edit]

Noun[edit]

falcon m

  1. kestrel

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

falcon

  1. Alternative form of faucoun

Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of faucon (falcon)

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin falco.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. falcon (bird)

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