falx

Meaning

  1. (historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  2. Any sickle-shaped part or process.
  3. (dated) Any sickle-shaped part or process.
  4. Any sickle-shaped part or process.
  5. Any sickle-shaped part or process.

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fælks/
Etymology

From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

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