fonne
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 (2001–2023), “fond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
fonne
- Alternative form of fonnen