fauno

See also: Fauno and faŭno

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.no/
• Rhymes: -awno
• Hyphenation: fàu‧no

Noun

fauno m (plural fauni)

1. faun

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin faunus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.nu/ [ˈfaʊ̯.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.nu/ [ˈfaʊ̯.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.no/ [ˈfaʊ̯.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.nu/

• Rhymes: -awnu
• Hyphenation: fau‧no

Noun

fauno m (plural faunos)

1. (mythology) faun (country deity among the Romans, represented with goat's feet and horns)
2. (entomology, zoology) faun (diurnal lepidopteran insect)

Further reading

• “fauno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fauno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauno/ [ˈfau̯.no]
• Rhymes: -auno
• Syllabification: fau‧no

Noun

fauno m (plural faunos)

1. (folklore, mythology, fantasy) faun

Further reading

• “fauno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10