faon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French faon, from Old French faon, feün, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”), 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

See also

• paon
• taon

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish fáen.

Adjective

faon (genitive singular masculine faoin, genitive singular feminine faoine, plural faona, comparative faoine)

1. supine
2. limp, languid

Declension

Declension of faon

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	faon	fhaon	faona; fhaona²
Vocative	fhaoin		faona
Genitive		faoine	faona	faon
Dative	faon; fhaon¹	fhaon; fhaoin (archaic)	faona; fhaona²
Comparative	níos faoine
Superlative	is faoine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faon	fhaon	bhfaon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Noun

faon

1. Alternative form of foun

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈun/

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of feon

Derived terms

• faonnaison
• faonnel
• faonner