tăun

See also: taun and tãun

Romanian
tăun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *tabōnem, from Latin tabānus. Alternatively, from the classical Latin form through alteration of an older Romanian intermediate form *tăîn; compare similar development in înăuntru[1]. Cognate with Aromanian tãun, French taon.

Noun

tăun m (plural tăuni)

  1. horsefly, gadfly

Declension
Declension of tăun
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tăun tăunul (niște) tăuni tăunii
genitive/dative (unui) tăun tăunului (unor) tăuni tăunilor
vocative tăunule tăunilor

See also

References
  1. http://www.dex.ro/t%C4%83un
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