falcon

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hawk

kite

🪁

eagle

🦅

buzzard

falconet

kestrel

peregrine falcon

sparrow hawk

black-shouldered kite

etc.

merlin

peregrine

duck hawk

swifthawk

Falco

goshawk

harrier

falcons

Translations

faucon

Falke

halcón

valk

falco

falcone

falcão

γεράκι

falcó

doğan

Falco

gökdoğan

falco

صقر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(l)kən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: faucoun

Cognate with Old English: *fealca

Cognate with Dutch: valk

Cognate with German: Falke

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: falk

Cognate with Icelandic: fálki

Cognate with French: faucon

Cognate with Italian: falco

Cognate with Spanish: halcón

Cognate with Portuguese: falcão

Cognate with Latin: falco

Cognate with Lithuanian: pálšas

Cognate with Latvian: bāls

Cognate with 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.

Sentences

And the falcon then nourishes man .