Falcon

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôʹkÉ™n, IPA: ˈfɔːkÉ™n, ˈfɔːlkÉ™n, ˈfælkÉ™n
• Rhymes: -ɔːkÉ™n

Alternative forms

• faulcon obsolete, faucon obsolete

Origin

From Middle English falcon, faulcon, from Anglo-Norman falcon, falcun, from Late Latin falcō ("falcon"), of origin, probably via Old Frankish *falko ("falcon, hawk"), from Proto-Germanic *falkô ("falcon"), from from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- ("pale"), from *pel- ("fallow").

Full definition of falcon

Noun

1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
2. A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

Related terms

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• flacon