fauna

See also Fauna, and faună

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔː.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus 'god of forests and herdsmen'; akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaunon, “wild animal, beast”), thýs 'jackal, wild dog; panther', Phrygian dáos 'wolf'.

Noun

fauna (plural faunae or faunas or faunæ)

1. (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
2. (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

Derived terms

• epifauna
• faunal
• infauna
• macrofauna
• megafauna
• meiofauna
• mesofauna
• microfauna

Coordinate terms

• flora

Translations

animals considered as a group

• Bulgarian: фауна (bg) (fáuna) f
• Catalan: fauna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動物群 (cmn), 动物群 (cmn) (dòngwùqún), 動物區系 (cmn), 动物区系 (cmn) (dòngwù qūxì)

• Czech: zvířena (cs) f, fauna (cs) f
• Dutch: fauna (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: bestaro (eo), faŭno (eo)
• Finnish: eläimet (fi), eläimistö (fi)
• French: faune (fr) f
• German: Fauna (de) f, Tierreich (de) n, Tierwelt (de) f

• Greek: πανίδα (el) (panída) f
• Icelandic: fána f, dýraríki n
• Italian: fauna (it) f
• Japanese: 動物相 (ja) (どうぶつそう, dōbutsusō)
• Malay: fauna (ms)
• Portuguese: fauna (pt) f
• Romanian: faună (ro) f
• Russian: фауна (ru) (fáuna) f, животный мир (ru) (živótnyj mir) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmhidhean (gd) m pl
• Spanish: fauna (es) f
• Volapük: nimem (vo)

a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動物誌 (cmn), 动物志 (cmn) (dòngwùzhì)

• French: faune (fr) f

• Japanese: 動物誌 (ja) (どうぶつし, dōbutsushi)
• Russian: фауна (ru) (fáuna) f
• Spanish: fauna (es)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awnə
• Homophone: faune

Noun

fauna f (plural faunes)

1. fauna

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin fauna.

Noun

fauna (more common word is ayvanat)

1. fauna

Declension

    declension of fauna

nominative	fauna
genitive	faunanıñ
dative	faunağa
accusative	faunanı
locative	faunada
ablative	faunadan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Czech

Noun

fauna f

1. fauna

Synonyms

• zvířena

See also

• flóra

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Finnish

Noun

fauna

1. fauna

Declension

Declension of fauna (type kala) singular plural nominative fauna faunat genitive faunan faunojen faunain1 partitive faunaa faunoja accusative fauna faunan faunat inessive faunassa faunoissa elative faunasta faunoista illative faunaan faunoihin adessive faunalla faunoilla ablative faunalta faunoilta allative faunalle faunoille essive faunana faunoina translative faunaksi faunoiksi instructive – faunoin abessive faunatta faunoitta comitative – faunoineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Noun

fauna f (plural faune)

1. fauna

Derived terms

• fauna abissale
• fauna calda
• fauna cavernicola
• fauna fredda
• fauna ittica
• fauna lacustre
• fauna litorale
• fauna oceanica
• fauna palustre
• fauna pelagica

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

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Noun

fauna f

1. fauna

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Spanish

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

1. fauna