taloun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• taland, talant, talaund, talaunt, talon, talone, talowne

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈluːn/, /ˈtalun/, /ˈtalant/

Noun

taloun (plural talouns) (Late Middle English)

1. A talon; a hooked claw.
2. (specifically) The back claw of a bird of prey.
3. The heel or rear of a foot.

Descendants

• English: talon

References

• “talǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.