eagle

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From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡəl/

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• (US, dialectal, chiefly Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -iːɡəl

eagle (plural eagles)

2. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

   Synonyms: erne, broadwing

   • 2017, “The Eagle Flies Alone”, performed by Arch Enemy:

     I, I go my own way
     I swim against the stream
     Forever I will fight the pοwers that be
     The eagle flies alone

3. (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
4. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
5. (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

   I got an eagle in the third hole.

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)

1. (golf) To score an eagle.

• → Danish: eagle
• → French: eagle

•   Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Aegle, aglee

From English eagle.

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːɡəl]

eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)

1. (golf) eagle (two under par)

• “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English eagle. Doublet of aigle.

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡœl/

eagle m (plural eagles)

1. (golf) eagle

• bogey
• birdie
• albatros