foán

See also: foan and Foan

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foão (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Spanish fulano, from Arabic الْفُلَانُ (al-fulānu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fo.ˈaŋ], [fu.ˈaŋ]

Noun

foán m (plural foáns)

1. (literary) what's-his-name, so-and-so

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “foão”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “foão”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega