fazan

Etymology

From German Fasan.

Noun

fazan m anim

1. (dialectal, Silesia) pheasant

Etymology

Borrowed from French faisan, possibly crossed with Greek φασιανός (fasianós). Ultimately from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós, “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”).

Compare Italian fagiano and Russian фаза́н (fazán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈzan/

Noun

fazan m (plural fazani)

1. pheasant (a bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food)
2. (slang) an idiot, sucker

References

• fazan in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Etymology

From German Fasan, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós, “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”).

Noun

fàzān m (Cyrillic spelling фа̀за̄н)

1. pheasant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈzáːn/
• Tonal orthography: fazȃn

Noun

fazán m anim (genitive fazána, nominative plural fazáni, feminine fazánka)

1. pheasant
2. (colloquial) freshman