English Explanatory Dictionary

flawn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flan (custard-based dessert)
  2. A pancake or hotcake.

Word forms

flawn flawns

Etymology

From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.

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