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5-letter words (4 found)

NOTAL,TALON,TOLAN,TONAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALTO,LANT,LOAN,LOTA,NOTA,TOLA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ALT,ANT,LAT,LOT,NAT,NOT,OAT,TAN,TAO,TON,

2-letter words (10 found)

AL,AN,AT,LA,LO,NA,NO,ON,TA,TO,

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All 5 letters words made out of talon

talon atlon tlaon ltaon alton laton taoln atoln toaln otaln aotln oatln tloan ltoan tolan otlan lotan oltan alotn laotn aoltn oaltn loatn olatn talno atlno tlano ltano altno latno tanlo atnlo tnalo ntalo antlo natlo tlnao ltnao tnlao ntlao lntao nltao alnto lanto anlto nalto lnato nlato taonl atonl toanl otanl aotnl oatnl tanol atnol tnaol ntaol antol natol tonal otnal tnoal ntoal ontal notal aontl oantl anotl naotl onatl noatl tlona ltona tolna otlna lotna oltna tlnoa ltnoa tnloa ntloa lntoa nltoa tonla otnla tnola ntola ontla notla lonta olnta lnota nlota onlta nolta alont laont aolnt oalnt loant olant alnot lanot anlot nalot lnaot nlaot aonlt oanlt anolt naolt onalt noalt lonat olnat lnoat nloat onlat nolat

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Definitions and meaning of talon

talon

Etymology

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (heel, spur), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (ankle).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ælən
  • IPA(key): /ˈtælən/

Noun

talon (plural talons)

  1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
  2. (zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
  3. (architecture) 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.)
  4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
  5. (card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.
  6. (finance, historical) 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.

Derived terms

  • taloned

Translations

See also

  • Coed-talon (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • Alton, Laton, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, tonal

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN. Cognate with Javanese talun (unirrigated field abandoned after harvest), Maori taru (grass, weeds, small vegetation), Samoan talutalu (young trees grown up where there had been a plantation).

Noun

talon

  1. forest, jungle, woods, remote area, mountains

Synonyms

  • amogud

Finnish

Noun

talon

  1. genitive/accusative singular of talo

Anagrams

  • alton, lotan, tolan

French

Etymology

From Old French talon (heel, spur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.lɔ̃/

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

  1. heel (part of the foot)
  2. backheel
  3. heel (of footwear) (especially high heel)
  4. spur (sharp implement used to prod a horse)
  5. (figuratively) the bottom or lower part of something

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: talão

Further reading

  • “talon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Maranao

Noun

talon

  1. herd
  2. flock

Derived terms

  • tatalonen (rancher)

Middle English

Noun

talon

  1. Alternative form of taloun

Norman

Etymology

From Old French talon (heel, spur), from Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon m (plural talons)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy, etc.) heel

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.

Noun

talon oblique singularm (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)

  1. (Anatomy) heel (of the foot)

Descendants

  • French: talon
  • Norman: talon (Jersey)
  • Middle English: taloun, taland, talant, talaund, talaunt, talon, talone, talowne
    • English: talon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

talōn

  1. to tell, speak, recount
  2. to count, to reckon

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: talen

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French talon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.lɔn/
  • Rhymes: -alɔn
  • Syllabification: ta‧lon

Noun

talon m inan (related adjective talonowy)

  1. coupon, voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services)
    Synonyms: bon, kupon, kwit, voucher

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • talon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • talon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈlon/, [tɐˈlon]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ta‧lon

Etymology 1

Compare Malay terjun (to dive, to jump from a high place) and Malay turun (descend; fall).

Noun

talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. jump; leap (from a height)
    Synonyms: lundag, paglundag, igpaw, pag-igpaw, lukso, patok, igtad
  2. waterfall; falls
    Synonym: (Marinduque) busay
  3. skip; omission (in typing, etc.)
    Synonyms: salto, pagsalto
  4. sudden jump due to fright
    Synonyms: igtad, pag-igtad, pagkapaigtad
  5. (gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla
  6. (slang) prison escapee
    Synonym: takas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish talón (heel; check), from Latin talo, from talus (ankle; heel).

Noun

talón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. stub (of a check, receipt, voucher, etc.)
Related terms
  • talonaryo

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • talom (literary, first-person plural)
  • talont (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtalɔn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlɔn/, /ˈtalɔn/

Verb

talon

  1. first/third-person plural preterite colloquial of talu

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