fauna

See also: Fauna and faună

English

Etymology

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 (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.nə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fauna f (plural faunes)

  1. fauna

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin fauna.

Noun

fauna (more common word is ayvanat)

  1. fauna

Declension

References

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

Czech

Noun

fauna f

  1. fauna

Synonyms

See also

Finnish

Noun

fauna

  1. fauna

Declension

Inflection of fauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative fauna faunat
genitive faunan faunojen
partitive faunaa faunoja
illative faunaan faunoihin
singular plural
nominative fauna faunat
accusative nom. fauna faunat
gen. faunan
genitive faunan faunojen
faunainrare
partitive faunaa faunoja
inessive faunassa faunoissa
elative faunasta faunoista
illative faunaan faunoihin
adessive faunalla faunoilla
ablative faunalta faunoilta
allative faunalle faunoille
essive faunana faunoina
translative faunaksi faunoiksi
instructive — faunoin
abessive faunatta faunoitta
comitative — faunoineen

Italian

Noun

fauna f (plural faune)

  1. fauna

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”)

Noun

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

  1. fauna

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Fauna (“Roman goddess”)

Noun

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

  1. fauna

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaw.na/
  • audio(file)

Noun

fauna f

  1. fauna (“animals considered as a group”)

Usage notes

  • Rarely used in the plural.

Declension

Antonyms

  • faunista
  • faunistka
  • faunistyka
  • Faun
  • faunistyczny

Further reading

  • fauna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awna

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

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

Spanish

Noun

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 destroy all of the fauna
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