Home › Words › F › falcatafalcatafalcata means A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.EtymologyFrom Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus.nounA sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.falcate 72% match — Shaped like a sickle. vs falcata →falchion 71% match — A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao. vs falcata →falx 66% match — A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle. vs falcata →falciger 63% match — A seta that has a curved tip. vs falcata →subfalcate 62% match — Almost falcate. vs falcata →falcular 60% match — sickle-shaped vs falcata →cutlass 59% match — A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. vs falcata →falciform 59% match — Sickle-shaped. vs falcata →