name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fane
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Pronunciation
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/feɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
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homophone: feign
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homophone: foehn
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homophone: fain (archaic)
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CMU ARPABET: F EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A weathercock, a weather vane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A banner, especially a military banner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A temple or sacred place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From Middle English fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, flag”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh2n- (“to weave; something woven; cloth, fabric, tissue”). Doublet of fanon and vane.
From Middle English fane (“temple”), from Latin fānum (“temple, place dedicated to a deity”). Doublet of fanum.