fauconnerie
French, noun/fo.kɔn.ʁi/
fauconnerie is spelled F-A-U-C-O-N-N-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fauconnerie is a French feminine noun meaning “falconry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de dresser et de gouverner les faucons et toutes sortes d’oiseaux de proie”.
What does fauconnerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefalconry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de dresser et de gouverner les faucons et toutes sortes d’oiseaux de proie. 2. Chasse avec l’oiseau de proie ; volerie haute et basse. 3. Lieu où étaient nourris les oiseaux de proie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fauconnerie
- fauconneries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fauconnerie?
- /fo.kɔn.ʁi/
- \fɔ.kɔn.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fauconnerie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fauconnerie in French?
fauconnerie appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).