flaun

Middle English

FWOTD – 13 February 2019

Alternative forms

• flaon, flaune, flawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flathe and flathon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flau̯n/

Noun

flaun (plural flaunes)

1. A sweet cake with a filling inside it.
2. A hotcake or pancake.

Descendants

• English: flawn (obsolete)

References

• “flaun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.