falcon

• faulcon, faucon (obsolete)

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôlʹkən, fôʹkən, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(l)kən/, /ˈfɒlkən/
• (US) enPR: fălʹkən, IPA^(key): /ˈfælkən/ IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːlkən/

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• IPA^(key): (General Australian) /ˈfælkən/, /ˈfoːlkən/
• IPA^(key): (New Zealand) /ˈfɛlkən/, /ˈfoːlkən/
• Rhymes: -ɔːkən, -ɔːlkən

Originally, the l was silent and purely etymological. Its pronunciation began through spelling pronunciation and is followed by most speakers, though some speakers still use l-less pronunciations.

falcon (plural falcons)

2. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
3. Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
4. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
6. (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.

   Coordinate term: falconet

falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed)

1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
   • 2003, Brenda Joyce, House of Dreams, page 175:

     He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.

• flacon

falcon m

1. kestrel

falcon

1. alternative form of faucoun

• faucon

From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.

• IPA^(key): (West Languedocien) [falˈku]^[1]
• IPA^(key): (Provençal) [fɔu̯ˈkũŋ]

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falcon m (plural falcons)

1. falcon

   Synonym: moisset

• falconièr

• Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 469.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 287.

falcon oblique singular, m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)

1. alternative form of faucon (falcon)

From Late Latin falco, falconem.

falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)

1. falcon (bird)

• Occitan: falcon

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “falco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 381