gerifalte

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾiˈfaw.t͡ʃi/ [ʒe.ɾiˈfaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾiˈfaw.t͡ʃi/ [ʒe.ɾiˈfaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾiˈfaw.te/ [ʒe.ɾiˈfaʊ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾiˈfal.tɨ/ [ʒɨ.ɾiˈfaɫ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: ge‧ri‧fal‧te

Noun

gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)

1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Spanish

gerifalte

Etymology

From Old French girfaut, gerfault or Provençal gerfalt, gerfalc, both from Old Norse geirfalki, from geiri (“a type of dart”) + falki (“hawk”) (because of the resemblance to the bird's plumage).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾiˈfalte/ [xe.ɾiˈfal̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: ge‧ri‧fal‧te

Noun

gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)

1. gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus

   Synonym: halcón gerifalte

2. bigwig; big cheese

Further reading

• “gerifalte”, 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
• gerifalte on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es