noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the art of training falcons to hunt and return
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: art, artistry, prowess
History
Etymology
From French fauconnerie.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
صَقَارَة
(ṣaqāra)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Asturian:
ccetrería
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Breton:
falc'hunerezh
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Bulgarian:
соколарство
(sokolarstvo)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Catalan:
falconeria
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Chinese Mandarin:
鷹獵 /鹰猎
(yīngliè)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Chinese Mandarin:
放鷹 /放鹰
(fàngyīng)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Chinese Mandarin:
馴鷹 /驯鹰
(xùnyīng)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Czech:
sokolnictví
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Danish:
falkejagt
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Danish:
falkeopdræt
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Dutch:
valkerij
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Esperanto:
falkado
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Finnish:
haukkametsästys
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
French:
fauconnerie
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
West-Frisian:
falkejacht
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
West-Frisian:
falkerij
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
German:
Beizjagd
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
German:
Falknerei
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Hebrew:
בַּזְיָרוּת
(bazyarút)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Hebrew:
בזאות
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Hebrew:
בזיארות
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Hindi:
श्येनपालन
(śyenpālan)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Hungarian:
solymászat
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Icelandic:
fálkaveiðar
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Icelandic:
veiðar með fálkum
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Ido:
falkonerio
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Italian:
falconeria
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Japanese:
鷹狩り
(takagari)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Kazakh:
құсбегілік
(qūsbegılık)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Korean:
매사냥
(maesanyang)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Northern Kurdish:
bazvanî
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Kyrgyz:
мүнүшкөрчүлүк
(münüşkörcülük)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Kyrgyz:
шумкарчылык
(şumkarcılık)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Latin:
falconaria
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Latin:
accipitraria
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Lithuanian:
sakalininkystė
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Macedonian:
сокола́рство
(sokolárstvo)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Manx:
shawkeyrys
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Norwegian Bokmål:
falkoneri
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Norwegian Bokmål:
falkejakt
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Norwegian Nynorsk:
falkejakt
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Persian:
بازداری
(bâzdâri)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Polish:
sokolnictwo
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Portuguese:
falcoaria
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Romanian:
falconerie
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Russian:
соколи́ная охо́та
(sokolínaja oxóta)
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Serbo-Croatian:
сокола́рство
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Serbo-Croatian:
sokolárstvo
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Sicilian:
falcunirìa
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Slovak:
sokoliarstvo
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Slovene:
sokolarstvo
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Spanish:
cetrería
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Swedish:
falkjakt
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Swedish:
falkenering
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Turkish:
doğancılık
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Walloon:
fåkinreye
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey
Walloon:
wôtoûsreye
— sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey