talon

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ælən IPA(key): /ˈtælən/ === Noun === talon (plural talons) A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. (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. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== taloned ==== Translations ==== === See also === Coed-talon (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === Alton, Laton, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, tonal == Dupaningan Agta == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN. Cognate with Javanese talun (“unirrigated field abandoned after harvest”), Māori taru (“grass, weeds, small vegetation”), Samoan talutalu (“young trees grown up where there had been a plantation”). === Noun === talon forest, jungle, woods, remote area, mountains ==== Synonyms ==== amogud == Finnish == === Noun === talon genitive/accusative singular of talo === Anagrams === alton, lotan, tolan == French == === Etymology === From Old French talon (“heel, spur”). Cognate with Italian tallone. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.lɔ̃/ === Noun === talon 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 first point in tables games such as ticktack and jacquet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: talão→ Malayalam: താൾ (tāḷ), താള് (tāḷŭ)→ Tamil: தாள் (tāḷ) === Further reading === “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch talon, from French talon, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtalon/ [ˈt̪a.lɔn] Rhymes: -alon Syllabification: ta‧lon === Noun === talon (plural talon-talon) (finance) talon (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) === Further reading === “talon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Maranao == === Noun === talon herd flock ==== Derived terms ==== tatalonen (“rancher”) == Middle English == === Noun === talon alternative form of taloun == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus. === Noun === talon m (plural talons) (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus. === Noun === talon oblique singular, m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon) (anatomy) heel (of the foot) ==== Descendants ==== French: talon→ Portuguese: talão→ Malayalam: താൾ (tāḷ), താള് (tāḷŭ)→ Tamil: தாள் (tāḷ) Norman: talon (Jersey) → Middle English: talounEnglish: talon == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *talōną. === Verb === talōn to tell, speak, recount to count, to reckon ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: talen == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French talon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.lɔn/ Rhymes: -alɔn Syllabification: ta‧lon === Noun === talon 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) Synonyms: bon, kupon, kwit, voucher ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === talon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN talon in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈlon/ [t̪ɐˈlon̪] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: ta‧lon === Etymology 1 === Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”). ==== Noun ==== talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔) jump; leap (from a height) Synonyms: lundag, paglundag, igpaw, pag-igpaw, lukso, patok, igtad, kandag waterfall; falls Synonym: (Quezon, Marinduque) busay skip; omission (in typing, etc.) Synonyms: salto, pagsalto sudden jump due to fright Synonyms: igtad, pag-igtad, pagkapaigtad (gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla (slang) prison escapee Synonym: takas ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish talón (“heel; check”), from Latin talo, from talus (“ankle; heel”). ==== Noun ==== talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔) stub (of a check, receipt, voucher, etc.) ===== Related terms ===== talonaryo === Anagrams === lonta == 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 first/third-person plural preterite colloquial of talu === Mutation ===