Meanings
falcon1
plural falcons · alternative obsolete faulcon · alternative obsolete faucon
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
- historicalA light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.
present singular third person falcons · participle present falconing · participle past falconed · past falconed · alternative obsolete faulcon · alternative obsolete faucon
- To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
He rode astride while hawking; she falconed in the ladylike position of sidesaddle.
2003, Brenda Joyce, House of Dreams, page 175
Falcon2
plural Falcons
- A surname.
- A place name:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
- countableuncountableA town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
- countableuncountableA town in Cumberland County and Sampson County, North Carolina.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in McNairy County, Tennessee.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia.
Origin
falcon · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*pol̑-“pale”
- Proto-Germanic*falkô“falcon”
- Frankish*falkō“falcon, hawk”
- Germanic
- Late Latinfalcō“falcon”
- Old Frenchfalcun
- Middle Englishfaucoun
- Englishfalcon
Inherited 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”). Cognates Cognate with Old English *fealca, fealcen (“falcon”), Dutch valk (“falcon, hawk”), German Falke (“falcon, hawk”), Norwegian and Swedish falk (“falcon”), Icelandic fálki (“falcon”), French faucon (“falcon”), Italian falco (“falcon”), Spanish halcón (“falcon”), Portuguese falcão (“falcon”), Latin falco (“falcon”), Lithuanian pálšas (“pale”), Latvian bāls (“pale”), Latgalian buolgs (“pale”). More at fallow.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Falcon · proper noun
- SpanishFalcón
- EnglishFalcon
* From Spanish Falcón * Calque from Amerindian languages, for the bird falcon.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἱέραξ, κίρκος
- ἱέραξ (hiérax)bird of the genus Falco
- κίρκος (kírkos)bird of the genus Falco
Arabic صَقْر, شَاهِين
- صَقْر (ṣaqr)bird of the genus Falco
- شَاهِين (šāhīn)bird of the genus Falco
Basque belatz handi
- belatz handibird of the genus Falco
Bulgarian соко́л
- соко́л (sokól)bird of the genus Falco
Catalan falcó
- falcóbird of the genus Falco
Chinese Mandarin 隼
- 隼 (sǔn)bird of the genus Falco
Czech sokol
- sokolbird of the genus Falco
Danish falk
- falkbird of the genus Falco
Dutch valk
- valkbird of the genus Falco
Esperanto falko
- falkobird of the genus Falco
Estonian pistrik
- pistrikbird of the genus Falco
Finnish jalohaukka
- jalohaukkabird of the genus Falco
French faucon
- fauconbird of the genus Falco
German Falke, Falknerei betreiben
- Falkebird of the genus Falco
- Falknerei betreibento hunt with a falcon or falcons
- Beizjagd betreibento hunt with a falcon or falcons
Greek γεράκι
- γεράκι (geráki)bird of the genus Falco
Hebrew בז
- בז (baz)bird of the genus Falco
Hindi बाज़, बाज
- बाज़ (bāz)bird of the genus Falco
- बाज (bāj)bird of the genus Falco
- श्येन (śyen)bird of the genus Falco
Hungarian sólyom, solymászik
- sólyombird of the genus Falco
- solymászikto hunt with a falcon or falcons
Icelandic fálki
- fálkibird of the genus Falco
Indonesian alap-alap
- alap-alapbird of the genus Falco
Irish fabhcún
- fabhcúnbird of the genus Falco
Italian falco, falcone
- falcobird of the genus Falco
- falconebird of the genus Falco
Japanese 隼, ハヤブサ
- 隼 (hayabusa)bird of the genus Falco
- ハヤブサ (hayabusa)bird of the genus Falco
Korean 매, 송골매
- 매 (mae)bird of the genus Falco
- 송골매 (songgolmae)bird of the genus Falco
Latin falcō
- falcōbird of the genus Falco
Latvian lielais piekūns
- lielais piekūnsbird of the genus Falco
Lithuanian sakalas
- sakalasbird of the genus Falco
Malay falkon
- falkonbird of the genus Falco
Māori kāeaea, kārearea
- kāeaeabird of the genus Falco
- kāreareabird of the genus Falco
Norwegian Bokmål falk
- falkbird of the genus Falco
Persian شاهین
- شاهین (šâhin)bird of the genus Falco
Polish sokół
- sokółbird of the genus Falco
Portuguese falcão
- falcãobird of the genus Falco
Romanian șoim
- șoimbird of the genus Falco
Russian со́кол
- со́кол (sókol)bird of the genus Falco
Scottish Gaelic seabhag
- seabhagbird of the genus Falco
Slovak sokol
- sokolbird of the genus Falco
Spanish halcón, falcón (disused)
- halcónbird of the genus Falco
- falcón (disused)bird of the genus Falco
Swedish falk
- falkbird of the genus Falco
Tagalog palkon
- palkonbird of the genus Falco
Tamil வல்லூறு
- வல்லூறு (vallūṟu)bird of the genus Falco
Turkish doğan, gökdoğan
- doğanbird of the genus Falco
- gökdoğanbird of the genus Falco
Ukrainian со́кіл
- со́кіл (sókil)bird of the genus Falco
Urdu باز, شاہین
- باز (bāz)bird of the genus Falco
- شاہین (śāhīn)bird of the genus Falco
- عقاب ('uqāb)bird of the genus Falco
- چیل (cīl)bird of the genus Falco
Vietnamese cắt
- cắtbird of the genus Falco
Welsh hebog, gwalch
- hebogbird of the genus Falco
- gwalchbird of the genus Falco
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with falcon
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
falcon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falcon
“falcon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falcon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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