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falcon

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See also: Falcon, falcón, and Falcón

English

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A falcon

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (falcon), of Germanic origen, probably via Frankish *falkō (falcon, hawk), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (falcon), from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- (pale), from *pel- (fallow).

Pronunciation

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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

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falcon (plural falcons)

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

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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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.

Translations

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Anagrams

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Ladin

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Noun

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falcon m

  1. kestrel

Middle English

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Noun

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falcon

  1. Alternative form of faucoun

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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falcon m (plural falcons)

  1. falcon
    Synonym: moisset

Derived terms

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References

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  • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
  1. ^ Müller 2011: 41. Likewise for the other pronunciation.

Further reading

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Old French

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Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of faucon (falcon)

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin falco, falconem.

Noun

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

  1. falcon (bird)

Descendants

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  • Occitan: falcon

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