faisan

Inherited from Middle French faisan, from Old French faisan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

• IPA^(key): /fə.zɑ̃/

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faisan m (plural faisans, feminine faisane or faisande)

1. pheasant (a bird of family Phasianidae)
2. cock pheasant (male pheasant)

(male pheasant)

• coq faisan
• faisan mâle
• mâle du faisan

• faisandeau (“young pheasant”)

• → Romanian: fazan

• “faisan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Old French faisan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

faisan m (plural faisans)

1. pheasant

• French: faisan
  • → Romanian: fazan
• Norman: faîsan (Jersey)

Inherited from Latin phāsiānus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfajˈza/

faisan m (plural faisans)

1. pheasant

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN.

• faisant, faisen, feisan, feisant, fesan
• feisaun, fesaun, fesaunt (Anglo-Norman)

Inherited from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

The expected from would be *faisain, *feisain; the form in -an is probably influenced by Old Occitan faisan or by the word's Latin etymon.

• IPA^(key): /fai̯ˈzan/, /fəˈzan/

faisan oblique singular, m (oblique plural faisans, nominative singular faisans, nominative plural faisan)

1. pheasant