harfang
See also: harfång
English
Etymology
French harfang
Noun
harfang (plural harfangs)
- (obsolete) snowy owl
- 1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, Thomas Rupert Jones, Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ (page 247)
- At La Madelaine, also, it was the leavings of the meals that brought about the accumulation of bird-bones; but, together with numerous Tetraones and Cocks, we find the remains of several Harfangs. […] It seems […] that the men of the Lherm Cave ate this Owl; […]
- 1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, Thomas Rupert Jones, Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ (page 247)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish harfång.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁ.fɑ̃/
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Noun
harfang m (plural harfangs)
- snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
- Synonym: harfang des neiges
Further reading
- “harfang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.