falcon
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- (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
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
- Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)
- aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Berigora falcon (Falco berigora)
- black falcon (Falco subniger)
- blue falcon
- brown falcon (Falco berigora)
- Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae)
- falcon-eyed
- forest falcon (Micrastur spp.)
- golden falcon name
- gray falcon, grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos)
- lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
- Peale's falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei)
- peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
- red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)
- Saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
- shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator)
- stone falcon (Accipiter nisus)
Related terms
- Falco
- Falconer
- falconer
- falconet
- falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
- falconine
- falconry
- gerfalcon, gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Translations
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Verb
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
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Anagrams
Ladin
Noun
falcon m
Middle English
Noun
falcon
- Alternative form of faucoun
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.
Pronunciation
Noun
falcon m (plural falcons)
Derived terms
References
- 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
- 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
Noun
falcon oblique singular, m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)
- Alternative form of faucon (falcon)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin falco, falconem.
Noun
falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)
- falcon (bird)
Descendants
- Occitan: falcon
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “falco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 381
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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