falcons
Meaning of falcons
plural noun
a bird of prey with long pointed wings and a notched beak, typically catching prey by diving on it from above.
Middle English faucon (originally denoting any diurnal bird of prey used in falconry): from Old French, from late Latin falco, from Latin falx, falc- ‘sickle’, or of Germanic origin and related to Dutch valk and German Falke . The -l- was added in the 15th century to conform with the Latin spelling.
Information about falcons
- It is a name.
- The singular form of falcons is: falcon.
- Languages in which falcons is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of falcons
fal-cons
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- falcons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of falcons
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