falcon
→
cannon (weapon)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Catalan | |
| lexeme | falconet | |
| meaning 1 | small falcon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small cannon | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | falcon | |
| meaning 1 | falcon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small cannon developed in the late 15th century | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | falcone | |
| meaning 1 | falcon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | from the 16th century, a piece of artillery more powerful than the culverin, of considerable caliber, which launched 5 and 7 pound projectiles | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | Also falconetto 'falcon-type artillery but of smaller caliber' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle Russian | |
| lexeme | дермлигъ | |
| meaning 1 | small falcon; a recently tamed young hunting falcon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a type of cannon | |
| reference | Anikin RES: 13, 250-251 SRJa XI-XVII: 4, 229 | |
| comment | second meaning recorded in 1629 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | falcón | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) falcon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a type of cannon used in ancient artillery | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||