flaun

Middle English

FWOTD – 13 February 2019

Alternative forms

flaon, flawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flado, from Proto-Germanic *flaþô. Doublet of flathe and flathon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flau̯n/

Noun

flaun (plural flaunes)

A sweet cake with a filling inside it.
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.

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