faon
French
Etymology
From Middle French faon, from Old French faon, feün, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Compare Occitan fedon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑ̃/
Audio (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file) - Homophones: fend, fends
Noun
faon m (plural faons)
- fawn (young deer)
Derived terms
- faonner
See also
- paon
- taon
Further reading
- “faon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
faon
- Alternative form of foun
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈun/
Noun
faon m (oblique plural faons, nominative singular faons, nominative plural faon)
- Alternative form of feon
Derived terms
- faonnaison
- faonnel
- faonner