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talon

See also: Talon and talón

English

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Etymology

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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

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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 […], 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 ?
  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.

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Dupaningan Agta

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Etymology

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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

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talon

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

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Finnish

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Noun

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talon

  1. genitive/accusative singular of talo

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French talon (“heel, spur”). Cognate with Italian tallone.

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: talão

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Maranao

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talon

  1. herd
  2. flock

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Middle English

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Noun

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talon

  1. Alternative form of taloun

Norman

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Etymology

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

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talon m (plural talons)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 520:
      T'as acouare les jaunes talons.
      You have still got yellow heels.

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

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

  1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

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talōn

  1. to tell, speak, recount
  2. to count, to reckon

Conjugation

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Conjugation of talon (weak class 2)
infinitive talon
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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French talon.

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Noun

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talon m inan (related adjective talonowy)

  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

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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

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Further reading

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

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”).

Noun

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talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  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
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Etymology 2

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

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talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

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Alternative forms

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

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Verb

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talon

  1. first/third-person plural preterite colloquial of talu

Mutation

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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.
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