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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAUN

Back formation from Faunes (plural), from Latin Faunus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FAUN

faun  [fɔːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

faun

Faun

The faun is a rustic forest god or goddess of Roman mythology often associated with enchanted woods and the Greek god Pan and his satyrs.

Definition of faun in the English dictionary

The definition of faun in the dictionary is a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail, and hind legs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAUN


airborne
ˈɛəˌbɔːn
Bon
bɔːn
born
bɔːn
borne
bɔːn
corn
kɔːn
dawn
dɔːn
drawn
drɔːn
horn
hɔːn
lawn
lɔːn
newborn
ˈnjuːˌbɔːn
popcorn
ˈpɒpˌkɔːn
porn
pɔːn
reborn
riːˈbɔːn
thorn
θɔːn
torn
tɔːn
Trabzon
ˈtrɑːbzɔːn
unicorn
ˈjuːnɪˌkɔːn
warn
wɔːn
withdrawn
wɪðˈdrɔːn
worn
wɔːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAUN

faultful
faultier
faultiest
faultily
faultiness
faultless
faultlessly
faultlessness
faulty
fauna
faunae
faunal
faunally
faunist
faunistic
faunistically
faunlike
faunula
faunulae
faunule

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAUN

Braun
fun
gaun
gun
handgun
haun
Hun
in the long run
Jun
Kim Jong-un
Kun
leprechaun
maun
nun
omadhaun
raun
run
staun
throughgaun
von Braun

Synonyms and antonyms of faun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «faun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAUN

Find out the translation of faun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of faun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

福恩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fauno
570 millions of speakers

English

faun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Faun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

FAUN
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фавн
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fauno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোমক পুরাণে বর্ণিত ছাগলের শিং ও লেজযুক্ত গ্রাম্য দেবতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Faun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Faun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファウヌス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파우 누스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Faun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thần điền da
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Faun
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुटुंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı keçi yarı insan orman tanrısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fauno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Faun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фавн
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

faun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

faun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Faun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

faun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faun

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAUN»

The term «faun» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.040 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about faun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAUN»

Discover the use of faun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Faun
Award-winning author Trebor Healey has written a new fairy tale for Los Angeles.
Trebor Healey, 2012
2
Faun & Games
Another adventure in the Xanth series moves the scene to Ptero, a tiny planet where the future of Xanth is fulfilled, and where a young satyr searches for a spirit to save a magic tree
Piers Anthony, 1998
3
Marble Faun the Romance of Monte Beni Vo
"The Marble Faun," states the story of three young American artists, Miriam, Hilda and Kenyon, and their Italian friend, Donatello.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2006
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Hawthorne's the Marble Faun: A Re-Appraisal
Since its publication in 1860, cntics have questioned the artistic value of Hawthorne's The Marble Faun. A revival of critical interest during the 1950's and 1960's has done little to change a generally unfavorable opinion of the work.
Richard E. Mezo, 1999
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Faun
This retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Marble Faun" brings the myth, mystery and romance of the original to a contemporary Italian setting.
Martha Horton, 2008
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The Marble Faun, Or, the Romance of Monte Beni
THE FAUN AND NYMPH. Miriam's sadder mood, it might be, had at firstan effect on Donatello's spirits. It checked thejoyous ebullition into which they would otherwise have effervesced when he found himself in her society, not, as heretofore, ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1800
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The illustrated Marble faun
First American edition of The Marble Faun, with 52 illustrations of textual references to art works.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathalia Wright, 1991
8
The Girl and the Faun
Eden Phillpotts’s classical fantasy will whisk you away to a world where shepherdesses are fair, gods wax philosophical, and where a lesson is always learned in the nick of time. “[From this book’s paradise, the writer] can lay on his ...
Eden Phillpotts, 2012
9
Nijinsky: death of a faun
A captivating one-act born out of the stormy love affair between the legendary ballet dancer Nijinsky and his mentor Diaghilev.
David Pownall, Nicholas Dromgoole, 1998
10
The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni
Hawthorne's novel of Americans abroad, the first novel to explore the influence of European cultural ideas on American morality.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Richard H. Brodhead, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faun is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photographer Kate Baker takes a leap into the life and soul of …
... inhabit a character to such an extent that he was utterly believable, whether it be a delicate rose, a half- human faun, a puppet or a bluebird. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
Pittsburgh CLO's GYPSY Opens Tonight
Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances At a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
CS Lewis and His Circle: 7 Surprising Discoveries about the …
1) The Chronicles of Narnia began with a single picture. The image was of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels through a snowy wood. «Narnia Fans, Jul 15»
4
Folklore and Myth in Film
One day wondering in the maze near her home, Ofelia discovers a faun named Pan who explains to her the legend of the lost soul of a princess ... «FemaleFirst.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
McGann asks council to support name change for Negro Bill Canyon
Louis Williams said Faun McConkie Tanner's “The Far Country: A Regional History of Moab and La Sal, Utah” lends support to the idea that ... «Moab Times Independent, Jul 15»
6
Novelist Patricia Storace on How Shopping in Morocco Changed …
A grand ecclesiastical chandelier hung in a cavernous living room populated by a bronze faun and other dusty sculptures of gods and monkeys ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
Fay Maschler reviews Le Chabanais: We'll always have Paris
A pattern emerges of protein hiding like a shy faun under the cover of vegetation. Sometimes it is bland, as in turbot folded in ribbons of ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
8
What to do in Atlanta: Music | July 8-15
N.E., Atlanta. www.redlightcafe.com. Faun and a Pan Flute. 9 p.m. July 10. $8. The EARL, 488 Flat Shoals Ave. S.E., Atlanta. www.badearl.com. «Access Atlanta, Jul 15»
9
Network Amherst
In my travels around town I have seen two wild turkeys and a faun, not in the same place. * * *. Faith Kares, the daughter of Elsie Kares of ... «Amherst Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Mission Theatre
Four children escape through the wardrobe of an old country house into this magic land where, as faun Mr Tumnus (excellently played by ... «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Faun [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/faun>. Apr 2024 ».
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