fonne

== Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Latin fēmina. See French femme. === Noun === fonne (Morvan) woman === References === Eugène de Chambure, Glossaire du Morvan (1878) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Unknown, perhaps of North Germanic origin; see modern fun. Potentially related to fonnen (“to be insane”). ==== Alternative forms ==== fon, ffonne, fone ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɔn(ə)/, /ˈfun(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== 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 Someone who is easily tricked or misled. ===== Descendants ===== English: fon (obsolete) ===== References ===== “fǒnned, fonned, ppl. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018. “fonne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. ==== Adjective ==== fonne silly, ridiculous, stupid, simple ===== Descendants ===== English: fun Scots: fun ===== References ===== “fǒnne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fonne alternative form of fonnen == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːn.ne/ === Verb === fōnne inflected infinitive of fōn