peregrine

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.
2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. Lacking essential debility.
4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
5. With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.

Noun

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

Concepts

faucon pèlerin

mobile

faucon gerfaut

falco peregrinus

Synonymes

peregrine falcon

duck hawk

duck hawk

mobile

roving

nomadic

wandering

Falco peregrinus

circuitous

vagabond

vagrant

evasive

circumlocutious

falcon

roundabout

mealymouthed

Traductions

Falco peregrinus

Wanderfalke

slechtvalk

falcó pelegrí

yabancı

شاهين

falco pellegrino

pellegrino

falcão peregrino

halcón peregrino

ecnebi

errant

itinerant

moisset pelegrin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: peregrin

In summary

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.