fauna

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.nə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːnə

fauna (countable and uncountable, plural faunae or faunas or faunæ)

1. (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]

   the fauna of China

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 199:

     Japanese waters also support a rich and diverse shark fauna, including the smallest known shark Squaliolus laticaudus, and the bizarre goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.

2. (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

• flora

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.na/
• Homophone: faune
• Rhymes: -awna

fauna f (plural faunes)

1. fauna

Latin Fauna.

fauna (more common word is ayvanat)

1. fauna

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈfau̯na]
• Hyphenation: fau‧na

fauna f

1. fauna

   Synonyms: zvířena, živočišstvo

• flóra

• fauna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• fauna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• fauna in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from Latin fauna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑu̯.naː/

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• Hyphenation: fau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

fauna f (plural fauna's)

1. fauna, the animal life inhabiting an area
2. a book describing the animal life in a region

• flora

• achtergrondfauna
• arachnofauna
• avifauna
• darmfauna
• entomofauna
• insectenfauna
• spinnenfauna
• vissenfauna
• vogelfauna
• zoogdierenfauna

• → Indonesian: fauna

Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈfɑu̯nɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
• Syllabification^(key): fau‧na

fauna

1. fauna

From Dutch fauna, from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂u-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfau̯na]
• Hyphenation: fau‧na

fauna (first-person possessive faunaku, second-person possessive faunamu, third-person possessive faunanya)

1. fauna:
   1. (zoology) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
   2. (zoology) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

• “fauna” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.na/
• Rhymes: -awna
• Hyphenation: fàu‧na

fauna f (plural faune)

1. fauna

From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”).

fauna m (definite singular faunaen, indefinite plural faunaer, definite plural faunaene)

1. fauna

• “fauna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”).

fauna m (definite singular faunaen, indefinite plural faunaer or faunaar, definite plural faunaene or faunaane)

1. fauna

• “fauna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.na/

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• Rhymes: -awna
• Syllabification: fau‧na

fauna f

1. fauna (animals considered as a group)

   Antonym: flora

Ususually in the singular

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

• Rhymes: -awnɐ
• Hyphenation: fau‧na

fauna f (plural faunas)

1. fauna (animals of a region considered as a group)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauna/ [ˈfau̯.na]

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• Rhymes: -auna
• Syllabification: fau‧na

fauna f (plural faunas)

1. fauna
   • 2008, Horacio Quiroga (introduction by Ana Alcolea), Cuentos de la selva para los niños:

     los humanos caza peces con dinamita y destruyen toda la fauna del río

     the humans are fishing with dynamite and destroying all the river's fauna

• “fauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014