Fauna

See also: fauna and faună

English

Alternative forms
  • Fatua, Fenta Fauna

Etymology

Feminine form of Faunus.

Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂u-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), Illyrian-related Daunus. Some refer it to faveō.

Proper noun

Fauna

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.
  2. A female given name from Latin.

Translations

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Pronunciation
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Noun

Fauna f (genitive Fauna, plural Faunen)

  1. fauna

Declension
Declension of Fauna [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fauna die Faunen
genitive einer der Fauna der Faunen
dative einer der Fauna den Faunen
accusative eine die Fauna die Faunen

Further reading
  • “Fauna” in Duden online
  • “Fauna” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Proper noun

Fauna f sg (genitive Faunae); first declension

  1. Sister of Faunus.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Fauna
Genitive Faunae
Dative Faunae
Accusative Faunam
Ablative Faunā
Vocative Fauna
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