fawn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːn/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /foːn/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /fɔn/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /fɑn/
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• Canada: /fɒn/
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• Scotland: /fɔn/
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• rhymes with -ɔːn
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• homophone: faun
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• homophone: thorn (non-rhotic, th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, 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.

From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fagnian, alternative form of fæġnian (“to celebrate”), whence Middle English fainen, English fain. Cognate with Old Norse fagna. See also fain.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: světle hnědý — pertaining to the colour
• Czech: plavý — pertaining to the colour
• Danish: lysebrun — pertaining to the colour
• Danish: dådyrfarvet — pertaining to the colour
• Dutch: reebruin — pertaining to the colour
• Finnish: vaaleanruskea — pertaining to the colour
• German: beige — pertaining to the colour
• German: rehbraun — pertaining to the colour
• Hungarian: őzbarna — pertaining to the colour
• Irish: osbhuí — pertaining to the colour
• Irish: buídhonn — pertaining to the colour
• Italian: fulvo — pertaining to the colour
• Polish: płowy — pertaining to the colour
• Portuguese: fulvo — pertaining to the colour
• Romanian: cafeniu — pertaining to the colour
• Volapük: stägülakölik — pertaining to the colour
• Afrikaans: wildsbokkie — young deer
• Albanian: viç (dreri) — young deer
• Arabic: شَادِن (šādin) — young deer
• Arabic: رِيم (rīm) — young deer
• Belarusian: аленяня́ (aljenjanjá) — young deer
• Breton: menn-karv — young deer
• Breton: karvig — young deer
• Bulgarian: еленче (elenče) — young deer
• Catalan: cervatell — young deer
• Chinese Cantonese: 小鹿 (siu2 luk6) — young deer
• Chinese Mandarin: 小鹿 (xiǎolù) — young deer
• Chinese Mandarin: 麛 (mí) — young deer
• Cornish: leugh — young deer
• Czech: kolouch — young deer
• Czech: srnče — young deer
• Danish: (hjorte)kalv — young deer
• Danish: (rå)lam — young deer
• Dolgan: тугут (tugut) — young deer
• Dutch: hertenjong — young deer
• Dutch: reekalf — young deer
• Esperanto: cervido — young deer
• Estonian: hirvevasikas — young deer
• Finnish: vasa — young deer
• French: faon — young deer
• Galician: cervato — young deer
• German: Damkalb — young deer
• German: Hirschkalb — young deer
• German: Rehkitz — young deer
• Greek: ελαφάκι (elafáki) — young deer
• Ancient Greek: νεβρός (nebrós) — young deer
• Hebrew: עֹפֶר (ófer) — young deer
• Hungarian: őzborjú — young deer
• Hungarian: őzgida — young deer
• Icelandic: hindarkálfur — young deer
• Indonesian: anak rusa — young deer
• Irish: oisín — young deer
• Irish: lao eilite — young deer
• Italian: cerbiatto — young deer
• Japanese: 子鹿 (kojika) — young deer
• Klamath-Modoc: wil'e — young deer
• Korean: 새끼사슴 (saekkisaseum) — young deer
• Northern Kurdish: xifş — young deer
• Northern Kurdish: karxezal — young deer
• Latin: hinnuleus — young deer
• Macedonian: срнче (srnče) — young deer
• Middle English: foun — young deer
• Navajo: bįįh yáázh — young deer
• Ojibwe: gidagaakoons — young deer
• Old English: hindċealf — young deer
• Persian: آهوبره (âhu-barre) — young deer
• Persian: گودر (gudar) — young deer
• Polish: jelonek — young deer
• Portuguese: corço — young deer
• Romanian: ied — young deer
• Russian: оленёнок (olenjónok) — young deer
• Northern Sami: miessi — young deer
• Serbo-Croatian: срнче — young deer
• Serbo-Croatian: лане — young deer
• Serbo-Croatian: srnče — young deer
• Serbo-Croatian: lane — young deer
• Slovak: kolouch — young deer
• Slovak: sŕňa — young deer
• Spanish: cervatillo — young deer
• Spanish: cervato — young deer
• Spanish: gabato — young deer
• Swedish: kid — young deer
• Swedish: kalv — young deer
• Tagalog: kigaw — young deer
• Ukrainian: оленя́тко (olenjátko) — young deer
• Unami: mamalis — young deer
• Urdu: ہرن کا بچہ — young deer
• Vietnamese: nai con — young deer
• Volapük: stägül — young deer
• Volapük: histägül — young deer
• Volapük: jistägül — young deer
• Welsh: elain — young deer
• Chinese Mandarin: 淡黃褐色 /淡黄褐色 (dànhuáng hésè) — colour
• Danish: dådyrfarve — colour
• Dutch: reebruin — colour
• Finnish: vaaleanruskea — colour
• German: hellbraun — colour
• German: beigebraun — colour
• German: dunkelblond — colour
• Hungarian: őzbarna — colour
• Icelandic: gulbrúnn — colour
• Irish: osbhuí — colour
• Italian: fulvo chiaro — colour
• Italian: marrone chiaro — colour
• Japanese: 淡黄褐色 (tan'ōkasshoku) — colour
• Māori: karakatea — colour
• Polish: płowy — colour
• Portuguese: fulvo — colour
• Romanian: cafeniu — colour
• Russian: желтовато-кори́чневый (želtovato-koríčnevyj) — colour
• Russian: па́левый (pálevyj) — colour
• Spanish: beis — colour
• Spanish: marrón claro — colour
• Turkish: açık kahverengi — colour
• Volapük: stägülaköl — colour
• Bulgarian: малко (malko) — young of an animal
• German: Junge — young of an animal
• Polish: młode — young of an animal
• Bulgarian: лаская (laskaja) — to exhibit affection
• Danish: logre — to exhibit affection
• Dutch: vleien — to exhibit affection
• Finnish: olla mieliksi — to exhibit affection
• German: anhimmeln — to exhibit affection
• Italian: dimostrare affetto — to exhibit affection
• Polish: łasić się — to exhibit affection
• Portuguese: agradar — to exhibit affection
• Romanian: alinta — to exhibit affection
• Romanian: răsfăța — to exhibit affection
• Russian: ласка́ться (laskátʹsja) — to exhibit affection
• Russian: ла́ститься (lástitʹsja) — to exhibit affection
• Spanish: hacer fiestas a — to exhibit affection
• Arabic: تَزَلَّفَ (tazallafa) — to seek favour by flattery
• Arabic: تَمَلَّقَ (tamallaqa) — to seek favour by flattery
• Bulgarian: лаская (laskaja) — to seek favour by flattery
• Bulgarian: подмазвам се (podmazvam se) — to seek favour by flattery
• Chinese Cantonese: 擦鞋 (caat3 haai4) — to seek favour by flattery
• Chinese Mandarin: 拍馬屁 /拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì) — to seek favour by flattery
• Chinese Mandarin: 拍馬 /拍马 (pāimǎ) — to seek favour by flattery
• Czech: podlézat — to seek favour by flattery
• Czech: lísat se — to seek favour by flattery
• Czech: pochlebovat — to seek favour by flattery
• Danish: sleske — to seek favour by flattery
• Dutch: vleien — to seek favour by flattery
• Dutch: versieren — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: imarrella — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: nuoleskella — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: pokkuroida — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: liehitellä — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: mielistellä — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: nöyristellä — to seek favour by flattery
• Finnish: hännystellä — to seek favour by flattery
• French: ramper — to seek favour by flattery
• French: flagorner — to seek favour by flattery
• German: schmeicheln — to seek favour by flattery
• Hungarian: hízeleg — to seek favour by flattery
• Italian: adulare — to seek favour by flattery
• Italian: essere servile — to seek favour by flattery
• Italian: leccare — to seek favour by flattery
• Latin: adūlor — to seek favour by flattery
• Māori: patipati — to seek favour by flattery
• Māori: eneene — to seek favour by flattery
• Middle English: fawnen — to seek favour by flattery
• Norwegian Bokmål: smiske — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: schlebiać — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: nadskakiwać — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: podlizywać się — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: włazić w dupę — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: kadzić — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: płaszczyć się — to seek favour by flattery
• Polish: mizdrzyć się — to seek favour by flattery
• Portuguese: puxar saco — to seek favour by flattery
• Portuguese: bajular — to seek favour by flattery
• Portuguese: adular — to seek favour by flattery
• Romanian: linguși — to seek favour by flattery
• Romanian: flata — to seek favour by flattery
• Romanian: măguli — to seek favour by flattery
• Russian: лебези́ть (lebezítʹ) — to seek favour by flattery
• Russian: подли́зываться (podlízyvatʹsja) — to seek favour by flattery
• Russian: подхали́мничать (podxalímničatʹ) — to seek favour by flattery
• Russian: заи́скивать (zaískivatʹ) — to seek favour by flattery
• Russian: уго́дничать (ugódničatʹ) — to seek favour by flattery
• Spanish: adular a — to seek favour by flattery
• Spanish: lisonjear a — to seek favour by flattery
• Swedish: lisma — to seek favour by flattery
• Welsh: cynffonna — to seek favour by flattery
• Bulgarian: въртя опашка (vǎrtja opaška) — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Czech: lísat se — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Danish: logre — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Dutch: kwispelen — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Finnish: heiluttaa häntää — to show devotion or submissiveness
• German: schwanzwedeln — to show devotion or submissiveness
• German: schwänzeln — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Italian: scodinzolare — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Italian: fare le feste — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Middle English: fawnen — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Norwegian: logre for, krype for — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Polish: łasić się — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Romanian: gudura — to show devotion or submissiveness
• Spanish: hacer carantoñas — to show devotion or submissiveness