eagle
pronunciation
How to pronounce eagle in British English:
UK [ˈiːɡl]
How to pronounce eagle in American English:
US [ˈiːɡl]
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- Noun:
- any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
- a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
- an emblem representing power
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- Verb:
- shoot in two strokes under par
Word Origin
- eagle
- eagle: [14] Eagle comes via Old French aigle from Latin aquila (source also of English aquiline [17]). This was presumably a derivative of the adjective aquilus ‘dark-coloured’, suggesting that the eagle’s name originally signified simply ‘dark-coloured bird’ (Greek had the term melanáetos ‘black eagle’). Before the French word was introduced, the English term for ‘eagle’ was erne, which still survives dialectally.=> aquiline
- eagle (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French egle, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila "black eagle," fem. of aquilus, often explained as "dark colored" (bird); see aquiline. The native term was erne. Golf score sense is by 1908 (according to old golf sources, because it "soars higher" than a birdie). As the name of a U.S. $10 coin minted from 1792 to 1933, established in the 1786 resolution for a new monetary system (but at first only the desperately needed small copper coins were minted). The figurative eagle-eyed is attested from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Richter 's piano teacher likened him to an eagle .
- 2. The eagle grew so large it approached the physical limits of flight .
- 3. A kazakh eagle hunter lets fly in bayan-ulgii , mongolia
- 4. Leavitt has since served in iraq and afghanistan , flying f-15e strike eagle jets .
- 5. A man flew into a rage at the giant eagle supermarket when employees refused to cash a million-dollar bill .