falc

See also: Falc, FALC, and falç

Czech

Cheb Castle, the only example of a Kaiserpfalz in Czech Republic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalt͡s]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pfalz.

Noun

falc f

1. (historical) palace (of certain mediaeval emperors and kings)

Declension

Declension of falc (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	falc	falce
genitive	falce	falcí
dative	falci	falcím
accusative	falc	falce
vocative	falci	falce
locative	falci	falcích
instrumental	falcí	falcemi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Falz.

Noun

falc m inan

1. (woodworking, masonry) rabbet (groove along the side edges of a wooden or stone element, enabling it to be connected to another element)

   Synonym: polodrážka

Declension

Declension of falc (soft masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	falc	falce
genitive	falce	falců
dative	falci	falcům
accusative	falc	falce
vocative	falci	falce
locative	falci	falcích
instrumental	falcem	falci

Further reading

• “falc”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “falc”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “falc”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian falce, from Latin falx.

Noun

falc f

1. scythe

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Falzbor.

Polish falc

Borrowed from German Falz. First attested in 1767.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -alt͡s
• Syllabification: falc

Noun

falc m inan (related adjective falcowy)

1. (printing) fold (paper or cloth strip connecting the book cover with the endpaper)
2. strip (piece of paper pasted into a book in place of a missing page)
3. ridge (bump of a crease of the printing sheet when folding)
4. (metallurgy) folding (act of joining two sheets of metal by folding the edge of one sheet into the other)
5. (woodworking, masonry) rabbet (groove along the side edges of a wooden or stone element, enabling it to be connected to another element)

   Synonym: felc

6. (leatherworking) A type of tanning tool for cutting leather.

Declension

Declension of falc

	singular	plural
nominative	falc	falce
genitive	falcu	falców
dative	falcowi	falcom
accusative	falc	falce
instrumental	falcem	falcami
locative	falcu	falcach
vocative	falcu	falce

Derived terms

verbs

• falcować impf

Further reading

• “falc”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “falc”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “falc”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 714