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forain.

showman (fairground entertainer)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɔ.ʁɛ̃/

  1. showman (fairground entertainer)

    masculine

  2. stallholder

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider”), from Latin forīs (“outside”). Assimilated to foire (“fair”) (which is from Latin fēria) through folk etymology. Once meant "foreign", but replaced by étranger in this sense.

adj/fɔ.ʁɛ̃/

  1. fair, fairground

    relational
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider”), from Latin forīs (“outside”). Assimilated to foire (“fair”) (which is from Latin fēria) through folk etymology. Once meant "foreign", but replaced by étranger in this sense.

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