faun

== English == === Alternative forms === faune (rare, archaic) faunus (dated) fawn (in Chaucer and Keats) === Etymology === From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːn/ (US) IPA(key): /fɔn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fɑn/ 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === faun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Noun === faun alternative form of fawn == Polish == === Etymology === From Faun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfawn/ Rhymes: -awn Syllabification: faun Homophone: Faun === Noun === faun m pers (related adjective fauni) (Roman mythology) faun (woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry) satyr (lecherous man) Synonyms: cap, satyr ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === faun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN faun in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin faunus. === Noun === faun m (plural fauni) faun ==== Declension ====