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see|falcón
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Etymology
First attested circa 1250, from Old French faucon, from Late Latin falconem, accusative form of falco, probably from Latin falx

Pronunciation
AHD|/f�l�k�n/ or /fôl�k�n/ or /fô�k�n/
w:IPA|IPA: /'fælk�n/
audio|en-us-falcon.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of them bird of prey|birds of prey.

Translations
trans-top|bird of the genus Falco
Albanian: petriti g|Albanian
Basque: belatz handi
Belarusian: �ап�ан m
Bosnian: t-|bs|sokol|m
Breton: falc'hun
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�окол|m|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: falcó m
Chinese: �鷹, �鹰 (liè yīng)
Croatian: t-|hr|sokol|m
Czech: t-|cs|sokol|m
Danish: t-|da|falk|c
Dutch: t+|nl|valk|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|falko|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|pistrik
Ewe: a�ako
Faroese: falkur m, smyril m
Finnish: t+|fi|haukka
French: t+|fr|faucon|m
Frisian: falk m
Friulian: falcon m
Galician: falcón m
German: t+|de|Falke|m
Greek: t+|el|γε�άκι|n|trgeraki|scGrek
Hebrew: �� (baz) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|sólyom
Icelandic: t-|is|fálki|m
Irish: fabhcún g|Irish
Italian: t+|it|falco|m, t-|it|falcone|m
Japanese: � (����, hayabusa)
Korean: 매 (mae), �골매 (songgolmae)
Kurdish:

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Ladin: falcon m
Latin: t-|la|falco|m
Latvian: lielais piekūns g|Latvian
Lithuanian: sakalas keleivis g|Lithuanian
Lower Sorbian: soko� m
Low Saxon: Falk m
Macedonian: �окол (sokol) m
Maltese: t-|mt|bies|m|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t-|no|falk|m
Occitan: moisset m
Persian: t+|fa|شا���|trš�hīn|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|sokó�|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|falcão|m
Romanian: t+|ro|�oim|m
Romani: falkono m
Romansh: falcun m
Russian: t+|ru|�окол|m|trsókol|scCyrl
Sami: fálli
Sardinian: àcchili piscadrixi, tilibriu, astori perdighinu m
Scottish Gaelic: seabhag g|Scottish Gaelic
Serbian: �око (soko) m
Slovak: t-|sk|sokol|m
Slovene: t+|sl|sokol|m
Spanish: t+|es|halcón|m
Swedish: t-|sv|falk|c
Turkish: t+|tr|do�an, t-|tr|gökdo�an
Ukrainian: �ок�л (sokil) m, �ап�ан (sapsan) m
Upper Sorbian: soko� m
Welsh: hebog g|Welsh
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Related terms
Capra falconeri
falconer
falconet
falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
falconine
falconry
gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
peregrine falcon

Verb
en-verb

1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

Category:Birds

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