talon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
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Noun edit
talon (plural talons)
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
- and now doth gaſtly death
With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart,
And like a Harpye tires on my life.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- It may be tried also whether birds may not have something done to them when they are young , whereby they may be made to have greater or longer bills , or greater and longer talons ?
- (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- (architecture) A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- 1856, George Price, A Treatise on Fire and Thief-proof Depositories, and Locks:
- The locks were constructed with two or three levers, and sometimes with a common tumbler. The talon is the secret; for after locking the bolt out, the key is turned round again quietly to catch the nib and force the talon up
- (card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.
- (finance, historical) A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
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See also edit
- Coed-talon (etymologically unrelated)
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Dupaningan Agta edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN. Cognate with Javanese talun (“unirrigated field abandoned after harvest”), Maori taru (“grass, weeds, small vegetation”), Samoan talutalu (“young trees grown up where there had been a plantation”).
Noun edit
talon
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Finnish edit
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talon
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).
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Noun edit
talon m (plural talons)
- heel (part of the foot)
- backheel
- heel (of footwear) (especially high heel)
- spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
- (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something
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Descendants edit
- Portuguese: talão
Further reading edit
- “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Maranao edit
Noun edit
talon
Derived terms edit
- tatalonen (“rancher”)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
talon
- Alternative form of taloun
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Noun edit
talon m (plural talons)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
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talon oblique singular, m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)
- (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)
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Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *talōną.
Verb edit
talōn
Conjugation edit
infinitive | talon | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | talon | taloda |
2nd person singular | talos | talodes |
3rd person singular | talod | taloda |
plural | taliod | talodun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | talo | talodi |
2nd person singular | talos | talodis |
3rd person singular | talo | talodi |
plural | talion | talodin |
imperative | present | |
singular | talo | |
plural | taliod | |
participle | present | past |
talondi | gitalod, talod |
Descendants edit
- Middle Low German: talen
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French talon, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin tālus.
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Noun edit
talon m inan
- coupon, voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services)
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Tagalog edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”).
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talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- jump; leap (from a height)
- waterfall; falls
- Synonym: (Marinduque) busay
- skip; omission (in typing, etc.)
- sudden jump due to fright
- Synonyms: igtad, pag-igtad, pagkapaigtad
- (gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla
- (slang) prison escapee
- Synonym: takas
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish talón (“heel; check”), from Latin talo, from talus (“ankle; heel”).
Noun edit
talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- stub (of a check, receipt, voucher, etc.)
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Welsh edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtalɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlɔn/, /ˈtalɔn/
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talon
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
talon | dalon | nhalon | thalon |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |