What is the correct pronunciation of the word "falchion"?

Question

I came across the word in a video game and assumed that it'd be pronounced fal-chi-un. This is confirmed by some websites, but others say the correct pronunciation is fal-key-un.

Fal-chi-un
http://www.forvo.com/word/falchion/
http://oxforddictionaries.com/pronounce/american_english/falchion
http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/falchion

Fal-key-un
http://www.pronouncehow.com/english/falchion_pronunciation
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=falchion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVKIp9YARw

Which of these is the correct pronunciation?

Answer 1

Like may words in our language, there are various "acceptable" pronunciations. Based on the derivation of the word, my choice would be



fall-chun  or fall-shun 



The following 2 dictionary references concur:



http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/falchion?s=t

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falchion



(:-o)

Answer 2

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What is the correct pronunciation of the word "falchion"?

I came across the word in a video game and assumed that it'd be pronounced fal-chi-un. This is confirmed by some websites, but others say the correct pronunciation is...

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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It's pronounced herd. The hear-ed is just the word under an accent.

Answer 5

HeRd as in HeRD