English
Etymology
From Latin fanum
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn
Noun
en-noun
- A temple or sacred place.
#:The priests of the Germans and Britons were druids.... Nature was to some extent a fane to them. (w:Henry David Thoreau|Thoreau, 1852)
- obsolete A weathercock.
Related terms
profane
fr:fane
fy:fane
pt:fane
ru:fane
fi:fane
te:fane
vi:fane
zh:fane
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