foun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- faon, fawne, ffowen, foine, foowne, fowen, fown
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French faon, foon, feun, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, progeny”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fau̯n/, /fuːn/
Noun
foun (plural fownes)
- fawn (young of a deer)
- whelp (young of any animal)
Descendants
- English: fawn
References
- “foun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Tetum
Etymology
From *boru-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu. Compare Malay baru.
Adjective
foun
- new