fauna
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).
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fauna (countable and uncountable, plural faunae or faunas or faunæ)
- (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]
- the flora and fauna
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 199:
- Japanese waters also support a rich and diverse shark fauna, including the smallest known shark Squaliolus laticaudus, and the bizarre goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.
- (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.
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- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfaw.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfaw.na]
- Homophone: faune
- Rhymes: -awna, -awnə
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fauna f (plural faunes)
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian фауна (fauna), from Latin Fauna.
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fauna (accusative faunanı, plural faunalar)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | fauna | faunalar |
genitive | faunanıñ | faunalarnıñ |
dative | faunağa | faunalarğa |
accusative | faunanı | faunalarnı |
locative | faunada | faunalarda |
ablative | faunadan | faunalardan |
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Czech edit
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fauna f
- fauna
- Synonyms: zvířena, živočišstvo
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fauna f (plural fauna's)
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- achtergrondfauna
- arachnofauna
- avifauna
- darmfauna
- entomofauna
- faunapassage
- insectenfauna
- spinnenfauna
- vissenfauna
- vogelfauna
- zoogdierenfauna
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- → Indonesian: fauna
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna.
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fauna
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Inflection of fauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fauna | faunat | ||
genitive | faunan | faunojen | ||
partitive | faunaa | faunoja | ||
illative | faunaan | faunoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fauna | faunat | ||
accusative | nom. | fauna | faunat | |
gen. | faunan | |||
genitive | faunan | faunojen faunainrare | ||
partitive | faunaa | faunoja | ||
inessive | faunassa | faunoissa | ||
elative | faunasta | faunoista | ||
illative | faunaan | faunoihin | ||
adessive | faunalla | faunoilla | ||
ablative | faunalta | faunoilta | ||
allative | faunalle | faunoille | ||
essive | faunana | faunoina | ||
translative | faunaksi | faunoiksi | ||
abessive | faunatta | faunoitta | ||
instructive | — | faunoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “fauna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch fauna, from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂u-.
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fauna (first-person possessive faunaku, second-person possessive faunamu, third-person possessive faunanya)
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- “fauna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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fauna f (plural faune)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”).
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fauna m (definite singular faunaen, indefinite plural faunaer, definite plural faunaene)
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- “fauna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Etymology edit
From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”).
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fauna m (definite singular faunaen, indefinite plural faunaer or faunaar, definite plural faunaene or faunaane)
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- “fauna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna.
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fauna f (related adjective fauniczny)
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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fauna m pers
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- Rhymes: -awnɐ
- Hyphenation: fau‧na
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fauna f (plural faunas)
- fauna (animals of a region considered as a group)
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fauna f (plural faunas)
- fauna
- 2008, Horacio Quiroga (introduction by Ana Alcolea), Cuentos de la selva para los niños:
- los humanos caza peces con dinamita y destruyen toda la fauna del río
- the humans are fishing with dynamite and destroying all the river's fauna
Further reading edit
- “fauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014