falconine

1. 1.

   relating to or resembling a falcon

Questions about falconine

What does falconine mean?

falconine means "relating to or resembling a falcon".

How many syllables are in falconine?

falconine has 3 syllables and divides as fal-co-nine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is falconine a common word?

falconine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.