faon

French

Etymology

From Middle French faon, from Old French faon, feün, from Vulgar Latin *fētō, *fētōnem, from Latin fētus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Compare Occitan fedon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃/

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• Homophones: fend, fends

Noun

faon m (plural faons)

1. fawn (young deer)

Derived terms

• faonner

Further reading

• “faon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Noun

faon

1. Alternative form of foun

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fan, feon, feün, foon, foün, fouon

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fētō, fētōnem, from Latin fētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈ(ð)on/, /feˈ(ð)on/, /foˈ(ð)on/
• IPA^(key): /faˈun/, /fiˈun/, /fuˈun/

Noun

faon oblique singular, m (oblique plural faons, nominative singular faons, nominative plural faon)

1. whelp (young animal)
2. fawn (young deer)

Derived terms

• faonnaison
• faonnel
• faonner

Descendants

• Middle French: faon, fan
  • Franc-Comtois: fion
  • French: faon
  • Lorrain: fawon, fâyon, fowon
• → Middle English: foun, faon, fawne, ffowen, foine, foowne, fowen, fown
  • English: fawn

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fētō”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 487