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

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