faun

See also: Faun

English

Alternative forms

faune (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

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

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

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