talon
English
Etymology
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælən
- IPA(key): /ˈtælən/
Noun
talon (plural talons)
- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
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- (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.
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- In the card game bezique, the remaining stock of undealt cards.
Derived terms
Translations
hooked claw
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Finnish
French
Etymology
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.lɔ̃/
audio (file)
Noun
talon m (plural talons)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: talão
Further reading
- “talon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.lɔn/
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
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