falcone
See also: Falcone
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin falcōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfalcone m (plural falconi)
- falcon
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Allegorie ed emblemi”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 307:
- Il falcone, per la sua alterigia e superbia, vole signioreggiare e sopraffare tutti li altri uccelli che son di rapina, e sen desidera essere solo; e spesse volte s’è veduto il falcone assaltare l’aquila, regina delli uccelli.
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- (nautical) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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editFurther reading
edit- falcone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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