foin
See also: fóin
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French foene (“harpoon, fizgig”), from Latin fuscina (“trident”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
foin (plural foins)
- (archaic) A thrust.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lv:
- They move their hands, steadfast their feet remain, / Nor blow nor foin they struck or thrust in vain.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lv:
Verb[edit]
foin (third-person singular simple present foins, present participle foining, simple past and past participle foined)
- (archaic) To thrust with a sword; to stab at.
- 1976, These Fastulfrs and Falsts could drink as well as they could foin or fight, and this has also been the case with me. — Robert Nye, Falstaff
- Spenser
- He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed.
- Dryden
- They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore / Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore.
- (archaic) To prick; to sting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
foin (plural foins)
- The beech marten (Martes foina, syn. Mustela foina).
- A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French foin, earlier fein, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from *dʰeh₁(y)-
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
foin m (plural foins)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “foin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier fein, from Latin faenum.
Noun[edit]
foin m (oblique plural foinz, nominative singular foinz, nominative plural foin)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- English verbs
- Requests for quotation/Huloet
- English terms derived from French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns