tăun
See also: taun and tãun
Romanian
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tăun
Alternative forms
- tăune
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *tabō, *tabōnem, from Latin tabānus. Alternatively from the classical Latin form through alteration of an older Romanian intermediate form *tăân / *tăîn; compare similar development in înăuntru[1]. Cognate with Aromanian tãun, French taon.
Noun
tăun m (plural tăuni)
- horsefly, gadfly
See also
- streche
References
- http://www.dex.ro/t%C4%83un