faun

faun

See also: Faun

English

Alternative forms

• faune (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

• 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

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