faun
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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)
- (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
a mythical creature
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See also
Middle English
Noun
faun
- Alternative form of fawn
Polish
Etymology
From Faun.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Declension of faun
Related terms
nouns
Further reading
- faun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- faun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
faun m (plural fauni)