fawn
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English
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Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /fɔːn/
- (Standard Southern British , Australia , New Zealand ) IPA (key): /foːn/
- (US )
- (without the cot–caught merger ) IPA (key): /fɔn/
- (cot–caught merger ) IPA (key): /fɑn/
- (Canada ) IPA (key): /fɒn/
- (Scotland ) IPA (key): /fɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
- Homophones: faun ; thorn (non-rhotic , th-fronting )
Etymology 1
[edit ]From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun , from Old French faon, foon, feon ,[1] from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem , from Latin fētus ("offspring, young"), from Proto-Indo-European *dheh1(y)- ("to suckle, nurse"). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally "deer calf"). Doublet of fetus .
Noun
[edit ]fawn (plural fawns )
- A young deer.
- Synonym: deerling
- A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
- fawn:
- (obsolete ) The young of an animal; a whelp.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], "(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)", in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. [...] , (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: [...] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]young deer
- Afrikaans: wildsbokkie sg
- Albanian: viç (sq) m (dreri)
- Arabic: شَادِن m (šādin), رِيم (ar) m (rīm)
- Belarusian: аленяня́ n (aljenjanjá)
- Breton: menn-karv (br) m, karvig (br) m
- Bulgarian: еленче n (elenče)
- Catalan: cervatell (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cornish: leugh m
- Czech: kolouch (cs) m, srnče (cs) n
- Danish: (hjorte)kalv (da) , (of a roe (da) ) (rå)lam (da)
- Dolgan: тугут (tugut)
- Dutch: hertenjong (nl) n, reekalf (nl) n
- Esperanto: cervido
- Estonian: hirvevasikas
- Finnish: vasa (fi)
- French: faon (fr) m
- Galician: cervato
- German: Damkalb n (fallow deer), Hirschkalb (de) n (red deer), Rehkitz (de) n (roe deer)
- Greek: ελαφάκι (el) n (elafáki)
- Ancient Greek: νεβρός m or f (nebrós)
- Hebrew: עֹפֶר (he) m (ófer)
- Hungarian: őzborjú (hu) , őzgida (hu)
- Icelandic: hindarkálfur m
- Indonesian: anak rusa
- Irish: oisín (ga) m, lao eilite m
- Italian: cerbiatto (it) m
- Japanese: 子鹿 (ja) (kojika)
- Klamath-Modoc: wil'e
- Korean: 새끼사슴 (saekkisaseum)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: hinnuleus m
- Macedonian: срнче n (srnče)
- Middle English: foun
- Miwok:
- Lake Miwok: náwi
- Navajo: bįįh yáázh
- Ojibwe: gidagaakoons
- Old English: hindċealf n
- Persian: آهوبره (fa) (âhu-barre), گودر (fa) (gudar)
- Polish: jelonek (pl) m
- Portuguese: corço (pt) m
- Romanian: ied (ro) m
- Russian: оленёнок (ru) m (olenjónok)
- Sami:
- Northern Sami: miessi
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: kolouch m, sŕňa n
- Spanish: cervatillo (es) m, cervato (es) m, gabato m
- Swedish: kid (sv) c, kalv (sv) c
- Tagalog: kigaw
- Ukrainian: оленя́тко n (olenjátko)
- Unami: mamalis
- Urdu: ہرن کا بچہ m
- Vietnamese: nai con
- Volapük: stägül (vo) m or f, histägül m, jistägül f
- Wappo: tóm'
- Welsh: elain f
colour
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Danish: dådyrfarve c
- Dutch: reebruin (nl) n
- Finnish: vaaleanruskea (fi)
- German: hellbraun (de) , beigebraun ; (of hair also) dunkelblond (de)
- Hungarian: őzbarna (hu)
- Icelandic: gulbrúnn
- Irish: osbhuí m
- Italian: fulvo chiaro m, marrone chiaro m
- Japanese: 淡黄褐色 (tan'ōkasshoku)
- Māori: karakatea
- Polish: płowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: fulvo (pt) m
- Romanian: cafeniu (ro)
- Russian: желтовато-кори́чневый (ru) m (želtovato-koríčnevyj) (цвет (cvet)), па́левый (ru) m (pálevyj) (цвет (cvet))
- Spanish: beis (es) m, marrón claro m
- Turkish: açık kahverengi (tr)
- Volapük: stägülaköl
Adjective
[edit ]fawn (not comparable )
- Of the fawn colour.
Derived terms
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[edit ]pertaining to the colour
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: světle hnědý , plavý (cs)
- Danish: lysebrun , dådyrfarvet
- Dutch: reebruin (nl)
- Finnish: vaaleanruskea (fi)
- German: beige (de) , rehbraun (de)
- Hungarian: őzbarna (hu)
- Irish: osbhuí , buídhonn
- Italian: fulvo (it)
- Polish: płowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: fulvo (pt)
- Romanian: cafeniu (ro)
- Volapük: stägülakölik
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Verb
[edit ]fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns , present participle fawning , simple past and past participle fawned )
- (intransitive ) To give birth to a fawn.
Etymology 2
[edit ]From Middle English fawnen , from Old English fagnian , alternative form of fæġnian ("to celebrate"), whence Middle English fainen , English fain .[2] Cognate with Old Norse fagna .[3] See also fain.
Verb
[edit ]fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns , present participle fawning , simple past and past participle fawned )(intransitive )
- (literal , of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
- (figurative , by extension)
- To exhibit affection toward someone.
- To attempt to please someone.
- (derogatory ) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour. [with on or upon ]
- Synonyms: grovel , wheedle , soft-soap , toady ; see also Thesaurus:suck up
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, "The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar", in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [...] (First Folio), London: [...] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
- 1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, book 1:
- Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second , volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
Derived terms
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[edit ]to exhibit affection
- Bulgarian: лаская (bg) (laskaja)
- Danish: logre
- Dutch: vleien (nl)
- Finnish: olla mieliksi
- German: anhimmeln (de)
- Italian: dimostrare affetto
- Polish: łasić się (pl)
- Portuguese: agradar (pt)
- Romanian: alinta (ro) , răsfăța (ro)
- Russian: ласка́ться (ru) (laskátʹsja), ла́ститься (ru) (lástitʹsja)
- Spanish: hacer fiestas a
to seek favour by flattery — see also fawn over
- Arabic: تَزَلَّفَ (tazallafa), تَمَلَّقَ (tamallaqa)
- Bulgarian: лаская (bg) (laskaja), подмазвам се (podmazvam se)
- Chinese:
- Czech: podlézat (cs) , lísat se (cs) , pochlebovat (cs)
- Danish: sleske
- Dutch: vleien (nl) , versieren (nl)
- Finnish: imarrella (fi) , nuoleskella (fi) , pokkuroida (fi) , liehitellä (fi) , mielistellä (fi) , nöyristellä (fi) , hännystellä (fi)
- French: ramper (fr) , flagorner (fr)
- German: schmeicheln (de)
- Hungarian: hízeleg (hu)
- Italian: adulare (it) , essere servile , (informal) leccare (it)
- Latin: adūlor
- Māori: patipati , eneene
- Middle English: fawnen
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: smiske
- Polish: schlebiać (pl) , nadskakiwać (pl) , podlizywać się (pl) impf, włazić w dupę (pl) impf (vulgar, dative), kadzić (pl) impf, płaszczyć się (pl) , mizdrzyć się impf
- Portuguese: puxar saco , bajular (pt) , adular (pt)
- Romanian: linguși (ro) , flata (ro) , măguli (ro)
- Russian: лебези́ть (ru) (lebezítʹ), подли́зываться (ru) (podlízyvatʹsja), подхали́мничать (ru) (podxalímničatʹ), заи́скивать (ru) (zaískivatʹ), уго́дничать (ru) (ugódničatʹ)
- Spanish: adular a , lisonjear a
- Swedish: lisma (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: cynffonna (cy)
to show devotion or submissiveness
- Bulgarian: въртя опашка (vărtja opaška)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: lísat se (cs) impf
- Danish: logre
- Dutch: kwispelen (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: heiluttaa häntää
- German: schwanzwedeln , schwänzeln (de)
- Italian: scodinzolare (it) , fare le feste (it)
- Middle English: fawnen
- Norwegian: logre for, krype for
- Polish: łasić się (pl)
- Romanian: gudura (ro)
- Russian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: hacer carantoñas
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- Macedonian: (please verify) се додворува (se dodvoruva), (please verify) се умилкува (se umilkuva)
Noun
[edit ]fawn (plural fawns )
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), "fawn", in Online Etymology Dictionary .
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), "Fawn", in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary ), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- ^ "fawn", in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]fawn (plural fawnes or fawny )
Descendants
[edit ]- English: faun
References
[edit ]- "faun, n.", in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Welsh
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]fawn
- soft mutation of bawn
Noun
[edit ]fawn
- soft mutation of mawn
Mutation
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