gerifalte
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ge‧ri‧fal‧te
Noun
editgerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old French girfaut, gerfault or Provençal gerfalt, gerfalc, both from Old Norse geirfalki, from geiri (“a type of dart”) + falki (“hawk”) (because of the resemblance to the bird's plumage).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /xeɾiˈfalte/ [xe.ɾiˈfal̪.t̪e]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -alte
- Syllabification: ge‧ri‧fal‧te
Noun
editgerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)
- gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- Synonym: halcón gerifalte
- bigwig; big cheese
Further reading
edit- “gerifalte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- gerifalte on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alte
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- es:Birds of prey