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5-letter words (1 found)

FAUNA,

4-letter words (2 found)

FAAN,FAUN,

3-letter words (6 found)

ANA,AUA,AUF,FAA,FAN,FUN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AN,FA,FU,NA,NU,UN,

You can make 16 words from fauna according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of fauna

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Definitions and meaning of fauna

fauna

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

Hypernyms

  • biota

Coordinate terms

  • flora
  • funga

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fauna f (plural faunes)

  1. fauna

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фауна (fauna), from Latin Fauna.

Noun

fauna (accusative faunanı, plural faunalar)

  1. (rare) fauna
    Synonym: (more common) ayvanat

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “fauna”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fauna f

  1. fauna
    Synonyms: zvířena, živočišstvo

Declension

See also

  • flóra

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fauna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑu̯.naː/
  • Hyphenation: fau‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

Noun

fauna f (plural fauna's)

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

Coordinate terms

  • flora

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • Indonesian: fauna

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fauna

  1. fauna

Declension

Further reading

  • fauna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

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

  • “fauna” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

  • “fauna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaw.na/
  • Rhymes: -awna
  • Syllabification: fau‧na
  • Homophone: Fauna

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna.

Noun

fauna f (related adjective fauniczny)

  1. fauna (animals considered as a group)
    Antonym: flora
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fauna m pers

  1. genitive/accusative singular of faun

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awnɐ
  • Hyphenation: fau‧na

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfauna/ [ˈfau̯.na]
  • Rhymes: -auna
  • Syllabification: fau‧na

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

  1. fauna

Further reading

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

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