faon

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.

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃/

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• Homophones: fend, fends

faon m (plural faons)

1. fawn (young deer)

• faonner

• paon
• taon

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

faon

1. Alternative form of foun

• IPA^(key): /faˈun/

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

1. Alternative form of feon

• faonnaison
• faonnel
• faonner