faun
See also: Faun
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fawn, from Latin Faunus.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /fɔn/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɑn/
- Homophone: fawn
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Noun edit
faun (plural fauns)
- (Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
- Synonym: satyr
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
Translations edit
a mythical creature
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See also edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
faun
- Alternative form of fawn
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Faun.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faun m pers (related adjective fauni)
- (Roman mythology) faun (woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry)
- satyr (lecherous man)
Declension edit
Declension of faun
Related terms edit
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Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
faun m (plural fauni)