foán

See also: foan and Foan

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foão (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Spanish fulano, from Arabic الْفُلَانُ (al-fulānu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fo.ˈaŋ], [fu.ˈaŋ]

Noun

foán m (plural foáns)

1. (literary) what's-his-name, so-and-so

References

• “foão” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “foão” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “foán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.