faun

See also: Faun

English

Alternative forms

• faune (rare, archaic)
• faunus (dated)
• fawn (in Chaucer and Keats)

Etymology

From Middle English fawn, from Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːn/

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• 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

a mythical creature

• Bulgarian: фавн m (favn)
• Catalan: faune (ca) m
• Dutch: faun (nl)
• Finnish: fauni (fi)
• French: faune (fr) m
• German: Faun (de) m, Faunus m
• Icelandic: fán (is) m
• Irish: fánas m
• Italian: semicapro m

• Middle English: fawn
• Norwegian: faun m
• Old English: wuduwāsa
• Polish: Faun (pl) m, Faunus m
• Portuguese: fauno (pt) m
• Russian: фавн (ru) m (favn)
• Swedish: faunus c
• Tagalog: pawno

See also

• faun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle English

Noun

faun

1. Alternative form of fawn