foun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• faon, fawne, ffowen, foine, foowne, fowen, fown

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French faon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, accusative singular of *fētō, from Latin fētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fau̯n/, /fuːn/

Noun

foun (plural fownes)

1. fawn (young of a deer)
2. whelp (young of any animal)

Descendants

• English: fawn

References

• “foun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Tetum

Etymology

From *boru-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu. Compare Malay baru.

Adjective

foun

1. new