falconet
/ˈfæl.kə.nɛt/noun
falconet is a noun meaning “A small or young falcon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-L-C-O-N-E-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of falconet is falconets.
What does falconet mean?
noun
- 1
A small or young falcon.
- 2
Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
- 3
A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce falconet?
- /ˈfæl.kə.nɛt/
Falconet has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of falconet
- falconets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is falconet?
Falconet appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does falconet come from?
From falcon + -et.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).