gerifalte
Portuguese
Noun
gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)
- 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]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -alte
- Syllabification: ge‧ri‧fal‧te
Noun
gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)
- gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- Synonym: halcón gerifalte
- bigwig; big cheese
Further reading
- “gerifalte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
gerifalte on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es