name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the nickname.
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Standard Lemma guide
talon
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.
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rhymes with -ælən
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/ˈtælən/
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CMU ARPABET: T AE1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name from English of modern usage.
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noun
Meaning 3
A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
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noun
Meaning 4
One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 5
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.)
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Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 6
The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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noun
Meaning 7
The remaining stock of undealt cards.
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Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 8
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.
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Usage: historical
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 9
a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: claw
History
Etymology
The surname derives from Old French talon (“heel”) as a nickname for a deformity, or for a swift runner; also diminutive of Talbot and Talleyrand. The modern given name is associated with English talon.
From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِخْلَب (miḵlab) — hooked claw
- Arabic: مخلب (maḵlab) — hooked claw
- Armenian: ճանկ (čank) — hooked claw
- Armenian: ճիրան (čiran) — hooked claw
- Armenian: մագիլ (magil) — hooked claw
- Azerbaijani: pəncə — hooked claw
- Belarusian: ко́каць (kókacʹ) — hooked claw
- Belarusian: кіпцю́р (kipcjúr) — hooked claw
- Bulgarian: но́кът (nókǎt) — hooked claw
- Burmese: လက်သည်း (laksany:) — hooked claw
- Catalan: urpa — hooked claw
- Chinese Mandarin: 爪 (zhuǎ, zhǎo) — hooked claw
- Chinese Mandarin: 爪子 (zhuǎzi) — hooked claw
- Czech: dráp — hooked claw
- Danish: klo — hooked claw
- Dutch: klauw — hooked claw
- Finnish: kynsi — hooked claw
- French: serre — hooked claw
- French: griffe — hooked claw
- German: Klaue — hooked claw
- Ancient Greek: ὄνυξ (ónux) — hooked claw
- Hebrew: טופר (tofer) — hooked claw
- Hindi: पंजा (pañjā) — hooked claw
- Hindi: नख (nakh) — hooked claw
- Hindi: नाख़ून (nāxūn) — hooked claw
- Hungarian: karom — hooked claw
- Irish: gríobh — hooked claw
- Italian: branca — hooked claw
- Italian: grinfia — hooked claw
- Japanese: 爪 (tsume) — hooked claw
- Korean: 발톱 (baltop) — hooked claw
- Lao: ເລັບ (lep) — hooked claw
- Latin: unguis — hooked claw
- Macedonian: канџа (kandža) — hooked claw
- Marathi: नख (nakh) — hooked claw
- Middle English: taloun — hooked claw
- Navajo: áláshgaan — hooked claw
- Norwegian Bokmål: klo — hooked claw
- Persian: چنگال (čangâl) — hooked claw
- Persian: چنگ (čang) — hooked claw
- Polish: szpon — hooked claw
- Polish: pazur — hooked claw
- Portuguese: garra — hooked claw
- Russian: ко́готь (kógotʹ) — hooked claw
- Sanskrit: नख (nakha) — hooked claw
- Scottish Gaelic: ìne — hooked claw
- Serbo-Croatian: ка̑нџа — hooked claw
- Serbo-Croatian: па̑нџа — hooked claw
- Serbo-Croatian: kȃndža — hooked claw
- Serbo-Croatian: pȃndža — hooked claw
- Slovak: dráp — hooked claw
- Slovene: krempelj — hooked claw
- Spanish: garra — hooked claw
- Spanish: garrón — hooked claw
- Swedish: klo — hooked claw
- Tajik: чангол (čangol) — hooked claw
- Tajik: чанг (čang) — hooked claw
- Tamil: உகிர் (ukir) — hooked claw
- Thai: เล็บ (lép) — hooked claw
- Thai: กรงเล็บ (grong-lép) — hooked claw
- Turkish: pençe — hooked claw
- Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk) — hooked claw
- Ottoman Turkish: پنچه (pençe) — hooked claw
- Ottoman Turkish: قیناق (kıynak) — hooked claw
- Ottoman Turkish: طرناق (tırnak) — hooked claw
- Ukrainian: кі́готь (kíhotʹ) — hooked claw
- Zazaki: pençe (diq) — hooked claw
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