Norman

Alternative forms

• fâme, faumme (Guernsey)
• femme (Jersey, continental Normandy)
• foume (continental Normandy)
• fenme (Cotentin)

Noun

faume f ‎(plural faumes)

1. (Guernsey) wife
   • 2006, Peggy Collenette, ‘Au shaoux du Vouest’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 16:

     Mess Gaudiaon et sa faume la Sophie decidirent qui voulais allai au shaoux du Vouest.‎ ― Mr Gaudion and his wife Sophie decided that they wanted to go to the West Show.

2. (Guernsey) woman
   • 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite ôlure’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 24:

     V'là les daeux faummes à palaïr atour les r'v'énànts et toutes sortes dé sorcheul'rie et ditaï tché, en buvànt leurs thée.‎ ― There were the two women talking about ghosts and all sorts of witchcraft and such things while drinking their tea.