talon

See also: Talon and talón

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ælən
• IPA^(key): /ˈtælən/

NounEdit

talon (plural talons)

1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

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2. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (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.)
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

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5. In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.

Derived termsEdit

• taloned

TranslationsEdit

hooked claw

• Arabic: مِخْلَب‎‎ (ar) m (miḵlab)

  Egyptian Arabic: مخلب‎‎ m (maxlab)

• Armenian: ճանկ (hy) (čank), ճիրան (hy) (čiran), մագիլ (hy) (magil)
• Belarusian: кокаць m (kókacʹ), кіпцюр m (kipcjúr)
• Bulgarian: нокът (bg) m (nokǎt)
• Catalan: urpa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪 (zh) (zhuǎ, zhǎo), 爪子 (zh) (zhuǎzi)

• Czech: dráp (cs) m
• Dutch: klauw (nl) f
• Finnish: kynsi (fi)
• French: serre (fr) f, griffe (fr) f
• German: Klaue (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὄνυξ m (ónux)

• Hebrew: טופר‎‎ (he) m (tofer)
• Irish: gríobh f
• Italian: branca (it) f, grinfia (it) f
• Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
• Lao: ເລັບ (lo) (lep)
• Navajo: áláshgaan
• Persian: چنگال‎‎ (fa)
• Polish: szpon (pl) m, pazur (pl) m
• Portuguese: garra (pt) f
• Russian: ко́готь (ru) m (kógotʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ìne f
• Spanish: garra (es) f
• Swedish: klo (sv) c
• Tamil: உகிர் (ta) (ukir)
• Ukrainian: кі́готь (uk) m (kíhotʹ)

AnagramsEdit

• Alton, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, tonal

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Dupaningan AgtaEdit

NounEdit

talon

1. forest, jungle, woods, remote area, mountains

SynonymsEdit

• amogud
• talon

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FinnishEdit

NounEdit

talon

1. Genitive singular form of talo.
2. Accusative singular form of talo.

AnagramsEdit

• alton, lotan, tolan

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔ̃/

• audio

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NounEdit

talon m (plural talons)

1. heel (part of the foot)
2. backheel
3. heel (of footwear)
4. spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
5. (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something

Derived termsEdit

• talonneur

DescendantsEdit

• Portuguese: talão

Further readingEdit

• “talon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

NounEdit

talon m (plural talons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

NounEdit

talon m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)

1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

DescendantsEdit

• English: talon
• French: talon
• Norman: talon (Jersey)

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.lɔn/

NounEdit

talon m inan

1. coupon, voucher

DeclensionEdit

declension of talon

	singular	plural
nominative	talon	talony
genitive	talonu	talonów
dative	talonowi	talonom
accusative	talon	talony
instrumental	talonem	talonami
locative	talonie	talonach
vocative	talonie	talony

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WelshEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• talom (literary, first-person plural)
• talont (literary, third-person plural)

PronunciationEdit

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɔn/, /ˈtalɔn/

VerbEdit

talon

1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of talu
2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of talu

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
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.