eagle
English
/ˈiːɡəl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- (US) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- (historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English egle derived from egle derived from Old French aigle derived from Latin aquila (eagle).
Origin
Latin
aquila
Gloss
eagle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aquila English
- eaglehawk English
- eaglelike English
- eagleship English
- eagless English
- eaglestone English
- eaglet English
- erne English
- hawk English
- stone English
- Aquilius Latin
- aquila Latin
- aquilifer Latin
- aquilinus Latin
- aquila Italian
- aigle French
- aiglette French
- aiglon French
- eagle French
- águila Spanish, Castilian
- χρυσάετος Ancient Greek
- *arô Proto-Germanic
- Earnwulf Old English
- earn Old English
- isearn Old English
- egle Middle English
- ern Middle English
- aigle Old French
- egle Old French
- agleca Esperanto
- aglo Esperanto
- fiŝaglo Esperanto
- akvila Serbo-Croatian
- àguila Catalan, Valencian
- aceră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aglo Ido
- aigl'ye Norman
- aiglle Norman
- aigle Middle French
- aguia Old Portuguese
- aguya Old Portuguese
- evla Romansh
- águila Asturian
- acuile Friulian
- aigla Old Occitan
- aguila Old Spanish
- aicula Sicilian
- àcula Sicilian
- àquiła Venetian
- egle xno
- īkara Maori
- acula Corsican
- aila Mirandese
- águila Mirandese