falcata

See also: Falcata and falçata

English

Etymology

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

Noun

falcata (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.

Translations

sword

• Japanese: ファルカタ (farukata)

Anagrams

• Calafat

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɑlˈkaː.taː/
• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

Noun

falcata f (plural falcata's)

1. (historical) a falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword

French

Etymology

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal.ka.ta/

Noun

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈka.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fal‧cà‧ta

Noun

falcata f (plural falcate)

1. (athletics) stride (of a runner)

Adjective

falcata

1. feminine singular of falcato

Latin

Adjective

falcāta

1. inflection of falcātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

falcātā

1. ablative feminine singular of falcātus

References

• falcata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Uma falcata.

Etymology

Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈka.tɐ/ [faʊ̯ˈka.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈka.tɐ/ [faʊ̯ˈka.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fawˈka.ta/ [faʊ̯ˈka.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /falˈka.tɐ/ [faɫˈka.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

Noun

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata (ancient Iberian sword)
   • 1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:

     A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

     The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.

Related terms

• espada, gládio, foice

Spanish

Etymology

Coined in 1872 by the Spanish historian and archaeologist Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈkata/ [falˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fal‧ca‧ta

Noun

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata
   • 2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, “La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro”, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123:

     Las falcatas de Pozo Moro se encuentran muy deterioradas, lo que impide, en muchos casos, la determinación de sus dimensiones básicas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “falcata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10