"falchion" meaning in English

See falchion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔːlʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔlt͡ʃən/ [US], /ˈfɑlt͡ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: falchions [plural]
enPR: fôlʹshən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fauchoun}} Middle English fauchoun, {{der|en|fro|fauchon}} Old French fauchon, {{cog|it|falcione}} Italian falcione, {{der|en|VL.|*falciōnem}} Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, {{der|en|la|falx}} Latin falx Head templates: {{en-noun}} falchion (plural falchions)
  1. (also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao. Tags: also, attributive Translations (sword): fautsoen (Dutch), falchion (Finnish), fauchon [masculine] (French), Falchion [neuter] (German), falchion (Hungarian), falcione [masculine] (Italian), ファルシオン (farushion) (Japanese), falčionas (Lithuanian), tasak [masculine] (Polish), фальшио́н (falʹšión) (Russian), фальчио́н (falʹčión) (Russian), bracamante (Spanish)
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  2. (obsolete) A billhook. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Swords
    Sense id: en-falchion-en-noun-VtpmhRFh Disambiguation of Swords: 43 55 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: case of falchions (alt: swordplay), double falchion (alt: swordplay), falchioned (english: armed with a falchion), single falchion (alt: swordplay)
Synonyms: fachon (14th-17th century), fachone (14th-17th century), fachoun (14th-17th century), fauchon (14th-17th century), fauchone (14th-17th century), fauchoun (14th-17th century), fawchon (14th-17th century), fawchone (14th-17th century), fawchoun (14th-17th century), fauschune (15th century), fawchun (15th century), fawken (15th century, erroneous, conflating falcon), fouchon (15th century), fwalchon (15th century), fachen (16th century), falcheon (16th century), faucheon (16th-19th century), fauchin (16th-17th century), fauchine (16th-17th century), fauchion (16th-19th century), faulcheon (16th-19th century), faulchion (16th-19th century), fawcheon (16th-19th century), fawchin (16th-17th century), fawchine (16th-17th century), fawchion (16th-19th century), falcen (17th century, erroneous, conflating falcon), falchon (17th century), faulchin (18th century)

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔːlʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔlt͡ʃən/ [US], /ˈfɑlt͡ʃən/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: falchions [present, singular, third-person], falchioning [participle, present], falchioned [participle, past], falchioned [past]
enPR: fôlʹshən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Middle English fauchoun, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fauchoun}} Middle English fauchoun, {{der|en|fro|fauchon}} Old French fauchon, {{cog|it|falcione}} Italian falcione, {{der|en|VL.|*falciōnem}} Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, {{der|en|la|falx}} Latin falx Head templates: {{en-verb}} falchion (third-person singular simple present falchions, present participle falchioning, simple past and past participle falchioned)
  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion. Tags: obsolete, rare, transitive Derived forms: falchioned (alt: slain by a falchion)
    Sense id: en-falchion-en-verb-vu-LOj6C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fachon (14th-17th century), fachone (14th-17th century), fachoun (14th-17th century), fauchon (14th-17th century), fauchone (14th-17th century), fauchoun (14th-17th century), fawchon (14th-17th century), fawchone (14th-17th century), fawchoun (14th-17th century), fauschune (15th century), fawchun (15th century), fawken (15th century, erroneous, conflating falcon), fouchon (15th century), fwalchon (15th century), fachen (16th century), falcheon (16th century), faucheon (16th-19th century), fauchin (16th-17th century), fauchine (16th-17th century), fauchion (16th-19th century), faulcheon (16th-19th century), faulchion (16th-19th century), fawcheon (16th-19th century), fawchin (16th-17th century), fawchine (16th-17th century), fawchion (16th-19th century), falcen (17th century, erroneous, conflating falcon), falchon (17th century), faulchin (18th century)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fachen (16th century)"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "alt": "swordplay",
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          "ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 309:",
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          "text": "Thy Chamber with Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / New loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: [...]",
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          "text": "The Jester wore his usual fantastic habit, but late accidents had led him to adopt a good cutting falchion, instead of his wooden sword, with a targe to match it; [...]",
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        "A billhook."
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        "(obsolete) A billhook."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːlʃən/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlt͡ʃən/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑlt͡ʃən/",
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    {
      "word": "fachon (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fachone (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fachoun (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fauchon (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fauchone (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fauchoun (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fawchon (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fawchone (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fawchoun (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauschune (15th century)"
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      "word": "fawchun (15th century)"
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      "word": "fawken (15th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)"
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    {
      "word": "fouchon (15th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fwalchon (15th century)"
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      "word": "fachen (16th century)"
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      "word": "falcheon (16th century)"
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      "word": "faucheon (16th-19th century)"
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      "word": "fauchin (16th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauchine (16th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauchion (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "faulcheon (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "faulchion (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fawcheon (16th-19th century)"
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      "word": "fawchin (16th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fawchine (16th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fawchion (16th-19th century)"
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      "word": "falcen (17th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)"
    },
    {
      "word": "falchon (17th century)"
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      "word": "faulchin (18th century)"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "fautsoen"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "falchion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fauchon"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sword",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Falchion"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "falchion"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falcione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "farushion",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "ファルシオン"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "falčionas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tasak"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "falʹšión",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "фальшио́н"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "falʹčión",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "фальчио́н"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sword",
      "word": "bracamante"
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    "falchion"
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  "word": "falchion"
}

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      "alt": "slain by a falchion",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːlʃən/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlt͡ʃən/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɑlt͡ʃən/",
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      "word": "fachon (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fachone (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fachoun (14th-17th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "fauchon (14th-17th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "fauchone (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauchoun (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fawchon (14th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fawchone (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fawchoun (14th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauschune (15th century)"
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      "word": "fawchun (15th century)"
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      "word": "fawken (15th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)"
    },
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      "word": "fouchon (15th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "fwalchon (15th century)"
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      "word": "fachen (16th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "falcheon (16th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "faucheon (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fauchin (16th-17th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fauchine (16th-17th century)"
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      "word": "fauchion (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "faulcheon (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "faulchion (16th-19th century)"
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    {
      "word": "fawcheon (16th-19th century)"
    },
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      "word": "fawchin (16th-17th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "fawchine (16th-17th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "fawchion (16th-19th century)"
    },
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      "word": "falcen (17th century, erroneous, conflating falcon)"
    },
    {
      "word": "falchon (17th century)"
    },
    {
      "word": "faulchin (18th century)"
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}

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