talon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittalon (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.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 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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editDupaningan Agta
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edittalon
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editFinnish
editNoun
edittalon
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Old French talon (“heel, spur”). Cognate with Italian tallone.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittalon 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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editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: talão
Further reading
edit- “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Maranao
editNoun
edittalon
Derived terms
edit- tatalonen (“rancher”)
Middle English
editNoun
edittalon
- Alternative form of taloun
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Noun
edittalon m (plural talons)
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Noun
edittalon oblique singular, m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)
- (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)
Descendants
editOld Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *talōną.
Verb
edittalōn
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
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editNoun
edittalon m inan (related adjective talonowy)
- 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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editTagalog
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈlon/ [t̪ɐˈlon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ta‧lon
Etymology 1
editCompare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”).
Noun
edittalón (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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editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Spanish talón (“heel; check”), from Latin talo, from talus (“ankle; heel”).
Noun
edittalón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- stub (of a check, receipt, voucher, etc.)
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editWelsh
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtalɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlɔn/, /ˈtalɔn/
Verb
edittalon
Mutation
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