Falcon
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via 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”), Dutch valk (“falcon, hawk”), German Falke (“falcon, hawk”), Norwegian and Swedish falk (“falcon”), Icelandic fálki (“falcon”), French faucon (“falcon”), Italian falco (“falcon”), Spanish halcón (“falcon”), Portuguese falcão (“falcon”), Latin falco (“falcon”), Lithuanian pálšas (“pale”), Latvian bāls (“pale”), Latgalian buolgs (“pale”). More at fallow.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôlʹkən, fôʹkən, IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(l)kən/, /ˈfɒlkən/
- (US) enPR: fălʹkən, IPA(key): /ˈfælkən/ IPA(key): /ˈfɑːlkən/
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfælkən/, IPA(key): /ˈfoːlkən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfɛlkən/, IPA(key): /ˈfoːlkən/
- Rhymes: -ɔːkən, -ɔːlkən
Originally, the l was silent and purely etymological. Its pronunciation began through spelling pronunciation and is followed by most speakers, though some speakers still use l-less pronunciations.
Noun[edit]
falcon (plural falcons)
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
Derived terms[edit]
- Amur falcon
- aplomado falcon
- Berigora falcon
- black falcon
- blue falcon
- brown falcon
- Eleonora's falcon
- falcon-eyed
- forest falcon
- golden falcon name
- gray falcon, grey falcon
- lanner falcon
- laughing falcon
- New Zealand falcon
- Peale's falcon
- prairie falcon
- pygmy falcon
- red-footed falcon
- Saker falcon
- shaheen falcon
- stone falcon
Related terms[edit]
- Capra falconeri
- falconer
- falconet
- falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
- falconine
- falconry
- gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
- peregrine falcon
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed)
- 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.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
falcon m
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
falcon
- Alternative form of faucoun
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
falcon m (plural falcons)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
- ^ Müller 2011: 41. Likewise for the other pronunciation.
Further reading[edit]
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 469.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 287.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
falcon oblique singular, m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)
- Alternative form of faucon (falcon)
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin falco, falconem.
Noun[edit]
falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)
- falcon (bird)
Descendants[edit]
- Occitan: falcon
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “falco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 381