# eagle
## English

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### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːɡəl/, [ˈiːɡɫ̩]
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* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːɡəl
* Homophone: egal

### Noun

eagle (plural eagles)
* 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
* (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
* (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.
* (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
    I got an eagle in the third hole.

#### Coordinate terms

* albatross
* birdie
* bogey
* buzzard
* condor
* ostrich
* par

#### Derived terms

* African crowned eagle
* African fish eagle
* American eagle
* bald eagle
* bateleur eagle
* blood eagle
* booted eagle
* buzzard-eagle
* changeable hawk-eagle
* Chilean eagle
* crested hawk-eagle
* crowned eagle
* deagle
* double-headed eagle
* eagle dad
* eagle dance
* eagle eye
* eagle-eye, eagle-eyed
* eagle freak
* eagle-hawk
* eaglehawk
* Eagleland
* eaglelike
* eagle owl
* eagle-owl
* Eagle Pass
* eagle ray
* Eagle River
* Eagle Scout
* eagle shark
* eagleship
* eaglesque
* eagless
* eagle-stone
* eaglestone
* eagle stone
* eaglet
* eastern imperial eagle
* Eurasian eagle owl
* fish eagle
* fishing eagle
* gier-eagle
* gier eagle
* golden eagle
* greater spotted eagle
* Haast's eagle
* harpy eagle
* hawk-eagle
* iron eaglelesser spotted eagle
* Madagascan fish eagle
* Madagascar fish eagle
* Madagascar sea-eagle
* martial eagle
* Mexican eagle
* monkey-eating eagle
* Philippine eagle
* quarter eagle
* red-backed sea-eagle
* red-backed sea eagle
* Russian eagle
* sea-eagle
* sea eagle
* serpent eagle
* short-toed eagle
* short-toed snake eagle
* snake eagle
* spotted eagle-owl
* spotted eagle ray
* spread eagle
* spread-eagle
* steppe eagle
* tawny eagle
* Verreaux's eagle
* Wahlberg's eagle
* wedge-tailed eagle
* white-bellied sea eagle
* white-breasted sea eagle
* white-headed eagle
* white-tailed eagle
* white-tailed sea eagle
* double eagle
* half eagle
* eagle out
* eagle up
* full eagle
* full eagle colonel
* Kleagle
* legal eagle

#### See also

* crockard
* leonine
* mitre
* pollard
* rosary
* scalding
* steeping

### Verb

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
* (golf) To score an eagle.

#### Descendants

* → Danish: eagle
* → French: eagle

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Aegle, aglee

## Danish
### Etymology

From English eagle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈiːɡəl]

### Noun

eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)
* (golf) eagle (two under par)

### References

* “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English eagle. Doublet of aigle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.ɡœl/

### Noun

eagle m (plural eagles)
* (golf) eagle

#### Coordinate terms

* bogey
* birdie
* albatros