Standard Lemma guide

gyrfalcon

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈdʒɜːfɔːlkən/
  • US: /ˈd͡ʒɝˌfælkən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Falco rusticolus, a large bird of prey that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falcon

History

Etymology

From Old French gerfaucon (modern French gerfaut), with the first element probably from Old High German gīr (“vulture”) (whence the German Geier).

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: şonqar — Falco rusticolus
  • Bashkir: шоңҡар (şoñqar) — Falco rusticolus
  • Belarusian: крэ́чат (kréčat) — Falco rusticolus
  • Bulgarian: северен сокол (severen sokol) — Falco rusticolus
  • Catalan: girfalc — Falco rusticolus
  • Catalan: falcó sagrat — Falco rusticolus
  • Catalan: grifó — Falco rusticolus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海東青 /海东青 (hǎidōngqīng) — Falco rusticolus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海青 (hǎiqīng) — Falco rusticolus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 矛隼 (máosǔn) — Falco rusticolus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鶻鷹 /鹘鹰 (húyīng) — Falco rusticolus
  • Czech: raroh lovecký — Falco rusticolus
  • Danish: jagtfalk — Falco rusticolus
  • Dutch: giervalk — Falco rusticolus
  • Esperanto: ĉasfalko — Falco rusticolus
  • Esperanto: girfalko — Falco rusticolus
  • Estonian: jahipistrik — Falco rusticolus
  • Faroese: veiðifalkur — Falco rusticolus
  • Finnish: tunturihaukka — Falco rusticolus
  • French: gerfaut — Falco rusticolus
  • German: Gierfalke — Falco rusticolus
  • German: Geierfalke — Falco rusticolus
  • German: Gerfalke — Falco rusticolus
  • German: Jagdfalke — Falco rusticolus
  • Greenlandic: kissaviarsuk — Falco rusticolus
  • Icelandic: fálki — Falco rusticolus
  • Icelandic: valur — Falco rusticolus
  • Irish: fabhcún tuaithe — Falco rusticolus
  • Italian: girfalco — Falco rusticolus
  • Italian: girifalco — Falco rusticolus
  • Japanese: シロハヤブサ (shirohayabusa) — Falco rusticolus
  • Kaitag: шургъур (šurɣur) — Falco rusticolus
  • Kazakh: сұңқар (sūñqar) — Falco rusticolus
  • Kazakh: лашын (laşyn) — Falco rusticolus
  • Korean: 쇠황조롱이 (soehwangjorong'i) — Falco rusticolus
  • Kumyk: шункъар (şunqar) — Falco rusticolus
  • Latvian: medību piekūns — Falco rusticolus
  • Lower Tanana: xwnoya — Falco rusticolus
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᠴᡳᠩ (haicing) — Falco rusticolus
  • Manchu: ᡧᠣᠩᡴᠣᠨ (šongkon) — Falco rusticolus
  • Manchu: ᡧᠣᠩᡴᠣᠨ ᡤᠠᠰᡥᠠ (šongkon gasha) — Falco rusticolus
  • Manchu: ᡧᠣᠩᡴᠣᡵᠣ (šongkoro) — Falco rusticolus
  • Manx: shawk Eeslannagh — Falco rusticolus
  • Manx: shawk Greenlannagh — Falco rusticolus
  • Manx: urley bane — Falco rusticolus
  • Mongolian: цагаан шонхор (cagaan šonxor) — Falco rusticolus
  • Mongolian: жадан шонхор (žadan šonxor) — Falco rusticolus
  • Navajo: hakʼaz giníłgaii — Falco rusticolus
  • Norwegian: jaktfalk — Falco rusticolus
  • Old Norse: geirfalki — Falco rusticolus
  • Old Norse: geirfugl — Falco rusticolus
  • Persian: لاچین (lâčin) — Falco rusticolus
  • Polish: białozór — Falco rusticolus
  • Polish: krzeczot — Falco rusticolus
  • Portuguese: gerifalte — Falco rusticolus
  • Romanian: șoim islandez — Falco rusticolus
  • Russian: кре́чет (kréčet) — Falco rusticolus
  • Northern Sami: rievssatfálli — Falco rusticolus
  • Scottish Gaelic: seabhag-mhòr-na-seilge — Falco rusticolus
  • Upper Sorbian: běłozor — Falco rusticolus
  • Spanish: gerifalte — Falco rusticolus
  • Spanish: halcón gerifalte — Falco rusticolus
  • Spanish: gerifalco — Falco rusticolus
  • Swedish: jaktfalk — Falco rusticolus
  • Lower Tanana: tthantrena — Falco rusticolus
  • Tatar: шоңкар (şoñqar) — Falco rusticolus
  • Turkish: aksungur — Falco rusticolus
  • Turkish: akdoğan — Falco rusticolus
  • Ottoman Turkish: آق طوغان (ak doğan) — Falco rusticolus
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهباز (şahbaz) — Falco rusticolus
  • Ukrainian: кре́чет (kréčet) — Falco rusticolus
  • Welsh: hebog chwyldro — Falco rusticolus