falcon

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

falco

falcone

Falco

aquila

🦅

aquila reale

astore

sinonimi

hawk

kite

🪁

eagle

🦅

buzzard

falconet

kestrel

peregrine falcon

sparrow hawk

black-shouldered kite

etc.

merlin

peregrine

duck hawk

swifthawk

Falco

goshawk

harrier

falcons

Traduzioni

faucon

Falke

halcón

valk

falcão

γεράκι

falcó

doğan

gökdoğan

Falco

şahin

falco

صقر

moisset

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(l)kən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: faucoun

Affine inglese antico: *fealca

Affine olandese: valk

Affine tedesco: Falke

Affine norvegese: -

Affine svedese: falk

Affine islandese: fálki

Affine francese: faucon

Affine italiano: falco

Affine spagnolo: halcón

Affine portoghese: falcão

Affine latino: falco

Affine lituano: pálšas

Affine lettone: bāls

Affine letgallo: 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.

Frasi

And the falcon then nourishes man .

E il falco nutre quindi l'uomo.