fonne
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Bourguignon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin fēmina. See French femme.
Noun[edit]
fonne
- (Morvan) woman
References[edit]
- Eugène de Chambure, Glossaire du Morvan (1878)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown, perhaps of North Germanic origin; see modern fun.[1] Potentially related to fonnen (“to be insane”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fonne (plural fonnes)
- A fool, idiot or moron.
- Chaucer, The Cantebury Tales, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale
- men will us fonnes call
- men will call us fools
- men will us fonnes call
- Chaucer, The Cantebury Tales, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale
- Someone who is easily tricked or misled.
Descendants[edit]
- English: fon (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “fǒnned, fonned, ppl. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.
- “fonne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Adjective[edit]
fonne
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “fǒnne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fonne
- Alternative form of fonnen
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