fesaunt

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛːˈza(u̯)nt/, /fɛˈza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛːza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛza(u̯)nt/, /-a(u̯)n/

Noun

fesaunt (plural fesauntis)

  1. A pheasant (bird of family Phasianidae)
  2. The meat of this bird as food.

Descendants

  • English: pheasant
    • → Welsh: ffesant
    • → Cornish: fesont
  • Scots: pheasant

References

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