talon

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ælən
• IPA^(key): /ˈtælən/

Noun

talon (plural talons)

1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

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2. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

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5. In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

Anagrams

• Alton, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, tonal

Noun

talon

1. forest, jungle, woods, remote area, mountains

Noun

talon

1. Genitive singular form of talo.
2. Accusative singular form of talo.

Anagrams

• alton, lotan, tolan

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔ̃/

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Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. heel (part of the foot)
2. backheel
3. heel (of footwear)
4. spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
5. (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something

Further reading

• “talon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)

1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.lɔn/

Noun

talon m inan

1. coupon, voucher

Alternative forms

• talom (literary, first-person plural)
• talont (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɔn/, /ˈtalɔn/

Verb

talon

1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of talu
2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of talu

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