falc

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalt͡s]

Borrowed from German Pfalz.

falc f

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

Borrowed from German Falz.

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

• “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

Akin to Italian falce, from Latin falx.

falc f

1. scythe

Borrowed from German Falz.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1767.^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -alt͡s
• Syllabification: falc

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.

• “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