harfang

See also: harfång

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French harfang, itself borrowed from Swedish harfång.

Noun

harfang (plural harfangs)

1. (obsolete) snowy owl
   • 1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, Thomas Rupert Jones, Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, page 247:

     At La Madelaine, also, it was the leavings of the meals that brought about the accumulation of bird-bones; but, together with numerous Tetraones and Cocks, we find the remains of several Harfangs. […] It seems […] that the men of the Lherm Cave ate this Owl; […]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish harfång.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.fɑ̃/

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Noun

harfang m (plural harfangs)

1. snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

   Synonym: harfang des neiges

Further reading

• “harfang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.