faun

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UK/fɔːn/US/fɔn/cot caught merger/fɑn/

noun

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

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satyr
OriginMiddle English fawn ← Latin faunus →
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Meanings

nounfaun (plural fauns)

plural fauns · alternative archaic rare faune · alternative dated faunus · alternative fawn

  1. Romanhuman sciencesA woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

    Synonyms: satyr

  2. biologyAny of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

Similar
satyr
Also see
satyr

Origin

  1. Latinfaunus
  2. Middle Englishfawn
  3. Englishfaun

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.

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Translations

Bulgarian фавн
  • фавн (favn)a mythical creature
Catalan faune
  • faunea mythical creature
Czech faun
  • fauna mythical creature
Dutch faun
  • fauna mythical creature
Esperanto faŭno
  • faŭnoa mythical creature
Finnish fauni
  • faunia mythical creature
French faune
  • faunea mythical creature
German Faun, Faunus
  • Fauna mythical creature
  • Faunusa mythical creature
Greek φαύνος
  • φαύνος (fávnos)a mythical creature
Icelandic fán
  • fána mythical creature
Irish fánas
  • fánasa mythical creature
Italian semicapro, fauno
  • semicaproa mythical creature
  • faunoa mythical creature
Norwegian faun
  • fauna mythical creature
Polish faun
  • fauna mythical creature
Portuguese fauno
  • faunoa mythical creature
Romanian faun
  • fauna mythical creature
Russian фавн
  • фавн (favn)a mythical creature
Spanish fauno
  • faunoa mythical creature
Swedish faunus
  • faunusa mythical creature
Tagalog pawno
  • pawnoa mythical creature

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with faun

ongoneseandrawndawnlawnwithdrawnVaughanShaunthereonpawnyawnStrachanSiobhansawnawnbrawnpwnstrawnKhersonwhereonrespawnhereonArlon
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Sounds the same

fawnthorn (non-rhotic, th-fronting)
Cite this entry
APA

faun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faun

MLA

“faun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faun.

Source: faun on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.