Phrase guide

peregrine falcon

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

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  • /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn ˈfælkən/
  • /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn ˈfɔː(l)kən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A medium-sized, very swift falcon, of species Falco peregrinus, that hunts small birds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peregrine, Falco peregrinus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falcon

Narrower terms: falcon-gentle, falcon-gentil

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swerfvalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Albanian: petriti — Falco peregrinus
  • Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Armenian: իսկական բազե (iskakan baze) — Falco peregrinus
  • Middle Armenian: շահէն (šahēn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Asturian: ferre palomberu — Falco peregrinus
  • Asturian: palomberu — Falco peregrinus
  • Asturian: ferre moru — Falco peregrinus
  • Basque: belatz handi — Falco peregrinus
  • Belarusian: сапса́н (sapsán) — Falco peregrinus
  • Breton: falc’hun kantreat — Falco peregrinus
  • Bulgarian: со́кол ски́тник (sókol skítnik) — Falco peregrinus
  • Burarra: del — Falco peregrinus
  • Catalan: falcó pelegrí — Falco peregrinus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 游隼 (yóusǔn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Czech: sokol stěhovavý — Falco peregrinus
  • Danish: vandrefalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Dutch: slechtvalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Esperanto: migra falko — Falco peregrinus
  • Esperanto: pilgrima falko — Falco peregrinus
  • Estonian: rabapistrik — Falco peregrinus
  • Faroese: ferðafalkur — Falco peregrinus
  • Finnish: muuttohaukka — Falco peregrinus
  • Finnish: jalohaukka — Falco peregrinus
  • French: faucon pèlerin — Falco peregrinus
  • West-Frisian: Noardske falk — Falco peregrinus
  • West-Frisian: sljochtfalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Friulian: falcon — Falco peregrinus
  • Galician: falcón peregrino — Falco peregrinus
  • German: Wanderfalke — Falco peregrinus
  • Greek: πετρίτης (petrítis) — Falco peregrinus
  • Greenlandic: kiinaaleeraq — Falco peregrinus
  • Hindi: शाहीन (śāhīn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Hungarian: vándorsólyom — Falco peregrinus
  • Icelandic: förufálki — Falco peregrinus
  • Irish: fabhcún gorm — Falco peregrinus
  • Irish: seabhac gorm — Falco peregrinus
  • Irish: seabhac seilge — Falco peregrinus
  • Italian: falco pellegrino — Falco peregrinus
  • Japanese: 隼 (hayabusa) — Falco peregrinus
  • Japanese: ハヤブサ (hayabusa) — Falco peregrinus
  • Kazakh: лашын (laşyn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Korean: 매 (mae) — Falco peregrinus
  • Korean: 송골매 (songgolmae) — Falco peregrinus
  • Kumyk: лачин (laçin) — Falco peregrinus
  • Kumyk: къарчыгъа (qarçığa) — Falco peregrinus
  • Ladin: falcon — Falco peregrinus
  • Latvian: lielais piekūns — Falco peregrinus
  • Lithuanian: sakalas keleivis — Falco peregrinus
  • Luxembourgish: Spuervull — Falco peregrinus
  • Macedonian: сив со́кол (siv sókol) — Falco peregrinus
  • Maltese: bies — Falco peregrinus
  • Manx: shirragh y ree — Falco peregrinus
  • Navajo: ginízhiin — Falco peregrinus
  • Norman: êcouffl'ye — Falco peregrinus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vandrefalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vandrefalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Occitan: moisset pelegrin — Falco peregrinus
  • Persian: شاهین (šâhin) — Falco peregrinus
  • Polish: sokół wędrowny — Falco peregrinus
  • Portuguese: falcão peregrino — Falco peregrinus
  • Punjabi: ਬਹਿਰੀ (bahirī) — Falco peregrinus
  • Romani: falkono — Falco peregrinus
  • Romanian: șoim călător — Falco peregrinus
  • Romansh: falcun pelegrin — Falco peregrinus
  • Russian: сапса́н (sapsán) — Falco peregrinus
  • Russian: настоя́щий со́кол (nastojáščij sókol) — Falco peregrinus
  • Sami: bárbmofálli — Falco peregrinus
  • Lule-Sami: unnep rievsakhábak — Falco peregrinus
  • Northern Sami: bárbmofálli — Falco peregrinus
  • Sardinian: àcchili piscadrixi — Falco peregrinus
  • Sardinian: tilibriu — Falco peregrinus
  • Sardinian: astori perdighinu — Falco peregrinus
  • Scottish Gaelic: seabhag-ghorm — Falco peregrinus
  • Serbo-Croatian: сиви соко — Falco peregrinus
  • Serbo-Croatian: sivi soko — Falco peregrinus
  • Slovak: sokol sťahovavý — Falco peregrinus
  • Slovene: sokol selec — Falco peregrinus
  • Lower Sorbian: sokoł — Falco peregrinus
  • Upper Sorbian: sokoł — Falco peregrinus
  • Spanish: halcón peregrino — Falco peregrinus
  • Spanish: neblí — Falco peregrinus
  • Swedish: pilgrimsfalk — Falco peregrinus
  • Lower Tanana: det'oni — Falco peregrinus
  • Turkish: doğan — Falco peregrinus
  • Turkish: gökdoğan — Falco peregrinus
  • Turkish: balaban — Falco peregrinus
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهین (şahin) — Falco peregrinus
  • Ukrainian: сапса́н (sapsán) — Falco peregrinus
  • Ukrainian: со́кіл (sókil) — Falco peregrinus
  • Urdu: شاہین (śāhīn) — Falco peregrinus
  • Welsh: hebog tramor — Falco peregrinus