falcon
Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of preyAny bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
» The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal.
Значение
значений: 4Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
Falke
со́колsókol
со́кілsókil
Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
(историческое)A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.
- diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
Примеры
предложений: 29The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal.
Peregrine falcons are birds of prey.
Сапсаны - хищные птицы.
A falcon is a predatory bird.
Сокол - хищная птица.
The falcon is not an eagle.
Сокол - это не орёл.
A falcon is a bird of prey.
Сокол - хищная птица.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from LateInherited 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”).
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