English Explanatory Dictionary

fane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A weathercock, a weather vane.
  2. A banner, especially a military banner.
noun
  1. A temple or sacred place.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/feɪn/ En-us-fane.ogg

Word forms

fane fanes faine phane

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.

Related words

profane
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