faucon

See also: Faucon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French faulcon, from Old French falcun (“falcon”), from Late Latin falcōnem, accusative form of falcō (“falcon”), probably of Germanic origin; possibly from Frankish *falkō (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”). Cognate with Old English *fealca, fealcen (“falcon”). More at falcon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.kɔ̃/

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Noun

faucon m (plural faucons)

1. falcon
2. In politics, a supporter of aggressive or warlike foreign policy; a war hawk
   • 2022 April, Juliette Faure, Qui sont les faucons de Moscou ?, Le Monde diplomatique‎^[1]:

     Ancien premier ministre devenu chef de l’État en 2008, M. Dmitri Medvedev maintient une politique étrangère offensive. La guerre russo-géorgienne, déclenchée à l’été 2008, exacerbe l’isolement de la Russie vis-à-vis de l’Occident et enclenche une réforme d’ampleur de modernisation des forces armées. Durant le reste de son mandat, cependant, il écarte les faucons du cercle de conseillers du pouvoir. À leur place, des libéraux réformateurs inspirent de nouveaux mots d’ordre : la relance des relations avec l’Occident, le renforcement de l’État de droit et la modernisation de l’économie.

     Dmitri Medvedev, a one-time prime minister who became head of state in 2008, maintained an aggressive foreign policy. The 2008 Russo-Georgian War exacerbated Russia's isolation from the West and set off large-scale modernizing reforms of the armed forces. During the rest of his administration, however, he removed hawks from his inner circle of advisors. In their place, liberal reformers put forward new watchwords: re-opening of relations with the West, strengthening of the rule of law, and modernization of the economy.

Derived terms

• faucon crécerelle
• faucon hobereau
• faucon pèlerin

 

Further reading

• “faucon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

faucon

1. Alternative form of faucoun

Occitan

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Noun

faucon m (plural faucons)

1. Alternative form of falcon (“falcon”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• faucoun, facun, faukun, falcon, falcoun

Etymology 1

From Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.

Noun

faucon oblique singular, m (oblique plural faucons, nominative singular faucons, nominative plural faucon)

1. falcon (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: faulcon, faucon, falcon
  • French: faucon
• → Middle English: faucoun, falcon, faucon, faukon
  • English: falcon
• → Irish: fabhcún

Etymology 2

See fauchon.

Noun

faucon oblique singular, m (oblique plural faucons, nominative singular faucons, nominative plural faucon)

1. Alternative form of fauchon