fagne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Walloon fagne, fanie, from Vulgar Latin *fania, plural of Vulgar Latin *fanium, a borrowing from Frankish *fani (“mud; mire”), from Proto-Germanic *fanją (“marshland; fen”). More at English fen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faɲ/
Audio (file)

Noun

fagne f (plural fagnes)

marshland; fen

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.