falcon

• faulcon (obsolete), 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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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfælkən/, IPA^(key): /ˈfoːlkən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlkən/, IPA^(key): /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)

1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
2. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
3. (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

• Capra falconeri
• falconer
• falconet
• falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
• falconine
• falconry
• gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
• peregrine falcon

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, 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 (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 381