falcon

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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. (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.

Verb

To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

Sinonieme

hawk

kite

🪁

eagle

🦅

buzzard

falconet

kestrel

peregrine falcon

sparrow hawk

black-shouldered kite

etc.

merlin

peregrine

duck hawk

swifthawk

Falco

goshawk

harrier

falcons

Vertalings

faucon

Falke

halcón

valk

falco

falcone

falcão

γεράκι

falcó

doğan

Falco

gökdoğan

falco

صقر

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(l)kən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: faucoun

Verwante met Old English: *fealca

Verwante met Nederlands: valk

Verwante met Duits: Falke

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Sweeds: falk

Verwante met Yslands: fálki

Verwante met Frans: faucon

Verwante met Italiaans: falco

Verwante met Spaans: halcón

Verwante met Portugees: falcão

Verwante met Latyn: falco

Verwante met Litaus: pálšas

Verwante met Letties: bāls

Verwante met Latgalian: buolgs

In summary

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.

Sinne

And the falcon then nourishes man .