gerifalte

gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)

1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

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).

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

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

gerifalte m (plural gerifaltes)

1. gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus

   Synonym: halcón gerifalte

2. bigwig; big cheese

• “gerifalte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• gerifalte on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es