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English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), ??? (th?s, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian ???? (dáos, “wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??.n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

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.

Coordinate terms

• flora

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?faw.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?faw.na/
• Homophone: faune
• Rhymes: -awna

Noun

fauna f (plural faunes)

1. fauna

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin Fauna.

Noun

fauna (more common word is ayvanat)

1. fauna

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fau?na]
• Hyphenation: fau?na

Noun

fauna f

1. fauna

   Synonyms: zví?ena, živo?išstvo

Declension

See also

• flóra

Further reading

• fauna in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• fauna in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?u?.na?/
• Hyphenation: fau?na
• Rhymes: -?u?na?

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
• insectenfauna
• spinnenfauna
• vissenfauna
• vogelfauna
• zoogdierenfauna

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: fauna

Finnish

Noun

fauna

1. fauna

Declension

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 *d?eh?u-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fau?na]
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

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): /?faw.na/

Noun

fauna f

1. fauna (“animals considered as a group”)

Usage notes

• Rarely used in the plural.

Declension

Antonyms

• flora

Related terms

• faunista
• faunistka
• faunistyka
• Faun
• faunistyczny

Further reading

• fauna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awna

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

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

Spanish

Noun

fauna f (plural faunas)

1. fauna

English

Etymology

From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“father's sister”). Displaced native Middle English modrie (“aunt”) (from Old English m?dri?e (“maternal aunt”); compare Old English faþu, faþe (“paternal aunt”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New England, AAVE, some other US areas) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /?(?)nt/

  Rhymes: -??nt

  Homophone: aren't (in some non-rhotic accents)

• (Northern England, Canada, General American) enPR: ?nt, IPA^(key): /ænt/ (in the US, this is the most common pronunciation in all regions except New England and Virginia)

  Rhymes: -ænt

  Homophone: ant

• (Southern Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): /æ?nt/ (not homophonous with "ant")
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ant/
• (Canada, Maritimes) IPA^(key): /?nt/

  Rhymes: -?nt

• (New England) enPR: ônt, IPA^(key): /?nt/

  Rhymes: -??nt

• (Southern American English, occasionally) IPA^(key): /e?nt/

  Homophone: ain't

Noun

aunt (plural aunts)

1. The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
   • 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:

     As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

2. (endearing) The female cousin of one’s parent.
3. (endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
4. (obsolete) Any elderly woman.
5. (obsolete) A procuress or bawd.

Synonyms

• auntie, aunty (diminutive)
• auntyji (India, as a respectful term of address)
• naunt (nonstandard, proscribed, dated)

Antonyms

• (with regard to gender) uncle
• (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew

Hypernyms

• (sibling of someone's parent) auncle, pibling (nonstandard)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: aint

Translations

Several languages distinguish between blood aunts (one’s parent’s sister) and in-law aunts (one’s parent’s sister-in-law), some distinguish between paternal and maternal aunts, and some distinguish between one’s parent’s older siblings and younger siblings.

See also

• materteral

References

Further reading

• aunt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -naut, Tuna, naut., tuan, tuna