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Yes. The word fanum is a Scrabble US word. The word fanum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

FANUM,

4-letter words (3 found)

FAUN,MAUN,NAMU,

3-letter words (9 found)

AMU,AUF,FAN,FUM,FUN,MAN,MNA,MUN,NAM,

2-letter words (10 found)

AM,AN,FA,FU,MA,MU,NA,NU,UM,UN,

You can make 23 words from fanum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of fanum

fanum afnum fnaum nfaum anfum nafum faunm afunm fuanm ufanm aufnm uafnm fnuam nfuam funam ufnam nufam unfam anufm naufm aunfm uanfm nuafm unafm fanmu afnmu fnamu nfamu anfmu nafmu famnu afmnu fmanu mfanu amfnu mafnu fnmau nfmau fmnau mfnau nmfau mnfau anmfu namfu amnfu manfu nmafu mnafu faumn afumn fuamn ufamn aufmn uafmn famun afmun fmaun mfaun amfun mafun fuman ufman fmuan mfuan umfan mufan aumfn uamfn amufn maufn umafn muafn fnuma nfuma funma ufnma nufma unfma fnmua nfmua fmnua mfnua nmfua mnfua fumna ufmna fmuna mfuna umfna mufna numfa unmfa nmufa mnufa umnfa munfa anumf naumf aunmf uanmf nuamf unamf anmuf namuf amnuf manuf nmauf mnauf aumnf uamnf amunf maunf umanf muanf numaf unmaf nmuaf mnuaf umnaf munaf

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Definitions and meaning of fanum

fanum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fānum (“shrine”). Doublet of fane.

Noun

fanum (plural fana)

  1. (historical) The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.

Related terms

  • profane

Anagrams

  • manuf.

French

Noun

fanum m (plural fanums)

  1. fanum

Further reading

  • “fanum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nó-m, from *dʰéh₁s (“god; sacred place”). See fēriae, fēstus. Compare also Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 (fanu), 𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 (φanu), 𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 (hanu, “templet, sacrarium, funerary chapel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfaː.num/, [ˈfäːnʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.num/, [ˈfäːnum]

Noun

fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension

  1. shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity
    Synonyms: templum, dēlūbrum, sacellum, āra

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: Fano
  • Occitan: Fan
  • Portuguese: Fão

References

  • “fanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fanum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “fanum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Old English

Noun

fanum

  1. dative plural of fana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fanum.

Noun

fanum n (plural fanumuri)

  1. fanum

Declension

References

  • fanum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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