"fane" meaning in English

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      "ipa": "/feɪn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-fane.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-us-fane.ogg/En-us-fane.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-fane.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "feign"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "foehn"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "fain stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "faine"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "phane"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fane"
}