faun

See also: Faun

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English fawn, from Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːn/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɔn/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɑn/
  • Homophone: fawn
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

faun (plural fauns)

  1. (Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
    Synonym: satyr
  2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

Translations

See also

Middle English

Noun

faun

  1. Alternative form of fawn

Polish
faun

Etymology

From Faun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fawn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -awn
  • Syllabification: faun
  • Homophone: Faun

Noun

faun m pers (related adjective fauni)

  1. (Roman mythology) faun (woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry)
  2. satyr (lecherous man)
    Synonyms: cap, satyr

Declension
Declension of faun
singular plural
nominative faun faunowie/fauny (deprecative)
genitive fauna faunów
dative faunowi faunom
accusative fauna faunów
instrumental faunem faunami
locative faunie faunach
vocative faunie faunowie/fauny (deprecative)
nouns

Further reading
  • faun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • faun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Faunus.

Noun

faun m (plural fauni)

  1. Faunus

Declension
Declension of faun
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) faun faunul (niște) fauni faunii
genitive/dative (unui) faun faunului (unor) fauni faunilor
vocative faunule faunilor
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