falce

Interlingua

Noun

falce (plural falces)

  1. scythe
  2. sickle

Italian

Una falce

Etymology

Inherited from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (a cutting tool). Compare French faux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal.t͡ʃe/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -altʃe
  • Hyphenation: fàl‧ce

Noun

falce f (plural falci)

  1. scythe (larger tool than sickle); sickle (smaller tool than scythe)
  2. war scythe, scythe
  3. (astronomy) crescent

Derived terms

Further reading

  • falce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • falce in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Noun

falce

  1. ablative singular of falx

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin falx, falcem (sickle), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (a cutting tool). Cf. Medieval Latin falcata. See also the related form falcă (jaw), which underwent further semantic evolution from the original etymology of "sickle" in Latin.

Noun

falce f (plural fălci)

  1. old unit of measurement (used in Moldova) in agriculture equivalent to about half a hectare, or an area of land that size
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