"flawn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flawns [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flaun}} Middle English flaun, {{der|en|fro|flaon}} Old French flaon, {{der|en|LL.|fladonem}} Late Latin fladonem, {{der|en|frk|*flaþō}} Frankish *flaþō, {{doublet|en|flan|flathe|flathon}} Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon Head templates: {{en-noun}} flawn (plural flawns)
  1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-flawn-en-noun-E-5dkbsG
  2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-flawn-en-noun-yTmcxAu8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Desserts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Desserts: 11 89

Inflected forms

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