falcon

Alternative forms

• faulcon (obsolete), faucon (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôlʹkən, fôʹkən, fălʹkən, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(l)kən/, /ˈfɒlkən/, /ˈfælkən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːkən

Noun

falcon (plural falcons)

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• flacon

Noun

falcon m

1. kestrel

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of faucon (falcon)

Etymology

Latin falco.

Noun

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

1. falcon (bird)

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “falco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 381