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falcon.

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɔː(l)kən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɒlkən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfælkən/Atlantic-Canada, US/ˈfɑlkən/Atlantic-Canada, US

  1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

  2. Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.

  3. A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.

  4. A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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”). Cognates 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.

verb/ˈfɔː(l)kən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɒlkən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfælkən/Atlantic-Canada, US/ˈfɑlkən/Atlantic-Canada, US

  1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

Where this word comes from

Inherited 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”). Cognates 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.

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