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falcon

/ˈfælkən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
fal-con
IPA
/ˈfælkən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

noun

Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.

noun

A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.

noun

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

verb

To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place name:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: faucoun, falcun, falcō, *falkō, *falkô, *pol̑-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈfælkən/
  • British English: /ˈfɔː(l)kən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

falcons (plural) faulcon (alternative, obsolete) faucon (alternative, obsolete) falcons (present, singular) falconing (participle, present) falconed (participle, past) falconed (past)

Derived Forms

falconish falconlike falconologist

Phrases

Amur falcon aplomado falcon Barbary falcon Berigora falcon black falcon blue falcon brown falcon Eleonora's falcon

Frequently Paired Words

Falco Falconer falconet falcon-gentil falcon-gentle falconine falconry gerfalcon

Rhymes With

balkan

Questions

How do you pronounce falcon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfælkən/.
What does falcon mean?
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
Where does falcon come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce falcon

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