faun

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

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɔːn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /fɔn/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /fɑn/
• Homophone: fawn
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

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.

• faun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

faun

1. alternative form of fawn

From Faun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfawn/

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• Rhymes: -awn
• Syllabification: faun
• Homophone: Faun

faun m pers (related adjective fauni)

1. (Roman mythology) faun (woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry)
2. satyr (lecherous man)

   Synonyms: cap, satyr

• faun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• faun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin faunus.

faun m (plural fauni)

1. faun