talon

See also: Talon and talón

English

Etymology

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ælən
• IPA^(key): /ˈtælən/

Noun

talon (plural talons)

1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; 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], “8. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     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 ?

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.
   • 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

5. (card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.
6. (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.

Derived terms

• taloned

Translations

hooked claw

• Arabic: مِخْلَب‎ m (miḵlab)

  Egyptian Arabic: مخلب‎ m (maḵlab)

• Armenian: ճանկ (hy) (čank), ճիրան (hy) (čiran), մագիլ (hy) (magil)
• Azerbaijani: pəncə (az)
• Belarusian: ко́каць m (kókacʹ), кіпцю́р m (kipcjúr)
• Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
• Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
• Catalan: urpa (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: dráp (cs) m
• Danish: klo c
• 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)
• Hindi: पंजा (hi) m (pañjā)
• Hungarian: karom (hu)
• Irish: gríobh f
• Italian: branca (it) f, grinfia (it) f
• Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)

• Korean: 발톱 (ko) (baltop)
• Lao: ເລັບ (lo) (lep)
• Macedonian: канџа f (kandža)
• Middle English: taloun
• Navajo: áláshgaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klo m or f

• Persian: چنگال‎ (fa) (čangâl), چنگ‎ (fa) (čang)
• Polish: szpon (pl) m, pazur (pl) m
• Portuguese: garra (pt) f
• Russian: ко́готь (ru) m (kógotʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ìne f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ка̑нџа f, па̑нџа f

  Roman: kȃndža (sh) f, pȃndža (sh) f

• Slovak: dráp (sk) m
• Slovene: krempelj (sl) m
• Spanish: garra (es) f
• Swedish: klo (sv) c
• Tajik: чангол (tg) (čangol), чанг (tg) (čang)
• Tamil: உகிர் (ta) (ukir)
• Thai: เล็บ (th) (lép), กรงเล็บ (th) (grong-lép)
• Turkish: pençe (tr)
• Ukrainian: кі́готь (uk) m (kíhotʹ)
• Zazaki: pençe c

remaining stock of undealt cards — see stock

Anagrams

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

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Etymology

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

talon

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

Synonyms

• amogud

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Finnish

Noun

talon

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

Anagrams

• alton, lotan, tolan

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French

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔ̃/

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Noun

talon m (plural talons)

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

Derived terms

• avoir l'estomac dans les talons
• talon aiguille
• talon d'Achille
• talonneur
• tourner les talons

 

Descendants

• Portuguese: talão

Further reading

• “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Maranao

Noun

talon

1. herd
2. flock

Derived terms

• tatalonen (“rancher”)

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Middle English

Noun

talon

1. Alternative form of taloun

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

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

1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

Descendants

• French: talon
• Norman: talon (Jersey)
• → Middle English: taloun, taland, talaund, talaunt, talon, talone, talowne
  • English: talon

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.lɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ta‧lon

Noun

talon m inan

1. coupon, voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services)

   Synonyms: bon, kupon, kwit, voucher

Declension

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

Derived terms

noun

• talonowicz

 

adjective

• talonowy

 

Further reading

• talon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• talon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧lon
• IPA^(key): /taˈlon/, [tɐˈlon]
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”).

Noun

talón

1. jump; leap (from a height)

   Synonyms: lundag, paglundag, igpaw, pag-igpaw, lukso, patok, igtad

2. waterfall; falls

   Synonym: (Marinduque) busay

3. skip; omission (in typing, etc.)

   Synonyms: salto, pagsalto

4. sudden jump due to fright

   Synonyms: igtad, pag-igtad, pagkapaigtad

5. (gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla
6. (slang) prison escapee

   Synonym: takas

Derived terms

• magpatalun-talon
• pagtalon
• pagtatalon
• talunin
• talunin
• tumalon
• tumalon
• tumalun-talon

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish talón (“heel; check”), from Latin talo, from talus (“ankle; heel”).

Noun

talón

1. stub (of a check, receipt, voucher, etc.)

Related terms

• talonaryo

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Welsh

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

talon

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

Mutation

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.