talon

English

Etymology

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

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: 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.

   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H 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.

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”), Maori taru (“grass, weeds, small vegetation”), Samoan talutalu (“young trees grown up where there had been a plantation”).

Noun

talon

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

Synonyms

• amogud

Finnish

Noun

talon

1. genitive/accusative singular of talo

Anagrams

• alton, lotan, tolan

French

Etymology

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔ̃/

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Noun

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Portuguese: talão

Further reading

• “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Maranao

Noun

talon

1. herd
2. flock

Derived terms

• tatalonen (“rancher”)

Middle English

Noun

talon

1. Alternative form of taloun

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 520:

     T'as acouare les jaunes talons.

     You have still got yellow heels.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

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

1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

Descendants

• French: talon
• Norman: talon (Jersey)
• → Middle English: taloun, taland, talant, talaund, talaunt, talon, talone, talowne
  • English: talon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

talōn

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

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle Low German: talen

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

talon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French talon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.lɔn/

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ta‧lon

Noun

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

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/,
• 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)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Related terms

• talonaryo

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

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

Mutation