Faun

,

Noun.

[L.

Faunus

, fr.

favere

to be favorable. See

Favor

.]

(Rom. Myth.)

A god of fields and shepherds, differing little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.

Satyr or

Faun

, or Sylvan.

Milton.

Faun

FAUN

,

Noun.

[L. faunus.] Among the Romans, a kind of demigod, or rural deity, called also sylvan, and differing little from satyr. The fauns are represented as half goat and half man.

Faun

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German

Noun

Faun m ‎(genitive Fauns or Faunes, plural Faune or Faunen or Fauni, diminutive Fäunchen n)

faun (mythological creature)

Usage notes

The noun plural forms Faunen and Fauni are rare.

Declension

Declension of Faun

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Faun	die	Faune
genitive	eines	des	Faunes, Fauns	der	Faune
dative	einem	dem	Faun, Faune¹	den	Faunen
accusative	einen	den	Faun	die	Faune

¹Now uncommon, see notes

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English

Alternative forms

faune (rare or archaic)

Noun

faun ‎(plural fauns)

(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

Synonyms

satyr

Translations

a mythical creature

Bulgarian: фавн m ‎(favn)
Catalan: faune m
Dutch: faun
Finnish: fauni (fi)
French: faune (fr) m
German: Faun (de) m, Faunus m
Icelandic: fán (is) m

Norwegian: faun m
Old English: wuduwāsa
Polish: Faun (pl) m, Faunus m
Portuguese: fauno (pt) m
Russian: фавн (ru) m ‎(favn)
Swedish: faunus c
Tagalog: pawno

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