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forain

/fɔ.ʁɛ̃/

noun, masculine/fɔ.ʁɛ̃/plural: forains

showman (fairground entertainer); stallholder

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.

adjective/fɔ.ʁɛ̃/

fair, fairground

Related: fête foraine

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.