falç

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin falcem (compare Occitan fauç or hauç, French faux, Spanish hoz) from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfals]
Homophones: falçs, fals
Rhymes: -als

Noun

falç f (plural falçs)

sickle

Derived terms

falçada
falçat
falcejar
falçó

Related terms

falcat

Further reading

“falç” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“falç” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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