faon

From Middle French faon, from Old French faon, feün, from Vulgar Latin *fētō, from Latin fētus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Compare Occitan fedon.

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃/

faon m (plural faons)

1. fawn (young deer)

• faonner

• “faon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• feün

From Vulgar Latin *fētō, fētōnem, from Latin fētus.

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

1. fawn (young deer)