different between weapon vs falcon

English

Etymology

From Middle English wepen, from Old English w?pn, from Proto-Germanic *w?pn? (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *w?bnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon”), Dutch wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Low German wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Swedish vapen (“weapon”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?.p?n/
• Rhymes: -?p?n
• Hyphenation: weap?on

Noun

weapon (plural weapons)

1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords; arm.
2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

   • “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
3. (informal, humorous) A tool of any kind.

   Choose your weapon.

4. (Scotland, Britain, slang, derogatory) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:weapon

Hyponyms

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Translations

Verb

weapon (third-person singular simple present weapons, present participle weaponing, simple past and past participle weaponed)

1. (transitive) To equip with a weapon; to arm.
   • 1868, Henry Wilson, History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68 (page 425)

     […] the friends of the country and of the equal rights of all men, the friends of enfranchising the black man and of weaponing his hand for defense; the friends of taking the governments of these rebel States out of the hands of their rebel possessors, […]

See also

weapon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• faulcon (obsolete), faucon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falc? (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falk? (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô (“falcon”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol?- (“pale”), from *pel- (“fallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fôl?k?n, fô?k?n, IPA^(key): /?f??(l)k?n/, /?f?lk?n/
• (US) enPR: f?l?k?n, IPA^(key): /?fælk?n/ IPA^(key): /?f??lk?n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?fælk?n/, IPA^(key): /?fo?lk?n/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f?lk?n/, IPA^(key): /?fo?lk?n/
• Rhymes: -??(l)k?n

Originally, the l was silent and purely etymological. Its pronunciation began through spelling pronunciation and is followed by most speakers, though some speakers still use l-less pronunciations.

Noun

falcon (plural falcons)

1. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
2. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
3. (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

Derived terms

• black falcon
• brown falcon
• gray falcon, grey falcon

Related terms

• Capra falconeri
• falconer
• falconet
• falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle
• falconine
• falconry
• gerfalcon, gyrfalcon
• peregrine falcon

Translations

Verb

falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed)

1. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

Anagrams

• flacon

Ladin

Noun

falcon m

1. kestrel

Middle English

Noun

falcon

1. Alternative form of faucoun

Occitan

Alternative forms

• faucon

Etymology

From Old Occitan falcon, from Late Latin falco, falconem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal?ku/

Noun

falcon m (plural falcons)

1. falcon

   Synonym: moisset

Derived terms

• falconièr

Old French

Noun

falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)

1. Alternative form of faucon (falcon)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin falco, falconem.

Noun

falcon m (oblique plural falcons, nominative singular falcons, nominative plural falcon)

1. falcon (bird)

Descendants

• Catalan: falcó
• Occitan: falcon

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “falco”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 381