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faun
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faun  (fôn)
n. Roman Mythology
Any of a group of rural deities represented as having the body of a man and the horns, ears, tail, and sometimes legs of a goat.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Faunus, Faunus.]

faun [fɔːn]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in Roman legend) a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail, and hind legs
[back formation from Faunes (plural), from Latin Faunus]
faunlike  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.faunfaun - ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
Translations
faun [fɔːn] Nfauno m

faun [ˈfɔːn] nfaune m

faun
n (Myth) → Faun m

faun
n faun [foːn]
an imaginary creature, half man and half goat. faun, sater, veldgod مَخلوق خُرافي نِصفُه إنسان ونِصْفُه ماعِز фавн faun faun der Faun σάτυρος fauno faun اسطورۀ رومی فان fauni faune פָּן वन देवता, ग्राम देवता faun faun dewa hutan fáni, skógarpúki fauno フォーン [로마신화] 파우누스 faunas fauns sejenis dewa hutan faun faun faun fauno faun фавн faun favn šumski bog faun ฟอน สิ่งมีชีวิตในจินตนาการที่มีลำตัวเป็นคน หูแหลม มีเขา หางและขาหลังเป็นแพะ orman ve kır ilâhı 半人半羊的農牧神 фавн خیالی حیوان جو آدھا آدمی اور آدھا بکرا ہوتا ہے thần đồng áng


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