fal

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noun

FN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle)

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FN-FALFN
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Meanings

fal1

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of fall.

    By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa

    1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC

FAL2

nounFAL (plural FALs)

plural FALs

  1. FN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle)

    Synonyms: FN-FAL, FN

Fal3

proper noun
  1. A river in Cornwall, England.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle)

Similar
FN-FALFN
Also see
fn-fal

Origin

FAL · noun

Initialism of Fusil Automatique Léger.

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Fal · proper noun

Uncertain.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AFLalf
Cite this entry
APA

fal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fal

MLA

“fal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fal.

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