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falconry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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

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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