Meanings
nounfalconet (plural falconets)
plural falconets
- A small or young falcon.
- Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
- historicalgovernmentA light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
The besieged made a gallant resistance, and night and day kept up a firing of double-harquebuses, and other kinds of artillery; and it happened that one day Falkenberg's chin was shot away by a ball from a falconet, and three days after he died of the wound, in great agony.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 59
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Translations
Czech sokolík, sokolík
- sokolíksmall or young falcon
- sokolíkfalcon of the genus Microhierax
Finnish pieni haukka, nuori haukka
- pieni haukkasmall or young falcon
- nuori haukkasmall or young falcon
- aasianhaukkanenfalcon of the genus Microhierax
Italian falchetto, falchetto
- falchettosmall or young falcon
- falchettofalcon of the genus Microhierax
Polish sokolik, sokolik
- sokoliksmall or young falcon
- sokolikfalcon of the genus Microhierax
- falkonetcannon
- sokolikcannon
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APA
falconet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falconet
MLA
“falconet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falconet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “falconet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falconet.
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