faîne

See also: faine

French

Alternative forms

• faine (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāginea, feminine to fāgineus, from fāgus (“beech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛn/

• Audio:

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Noun

faîne f (plural faînes)

1. fruit of the beech tree; beechnut, beech mast

Further reading

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