La Fontaine


[French la fawn-ten] /French la fɔ̃ˈtɛn/

noun
1.
Henri
[French ahn-ree] /French ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
2.
Jean de
[zhahn duh] /ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1621–95, French poet and fabulist.
/French la fɔ̃tɛn/
noun
1.
Jean de (ʒɑ̃ də). 1621–95, French poet, famous for his Fables (1668–94)

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