faune (plural faunes)

1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of faun.

Borrowed from Latin faunus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfaw.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfaw.ne]
• Homophone: fauna
• Rhymes: -awnə

faune m (plural faunes)

1. faun
2. (figurative) satyr (lecherous man)
3. grayling (butterfly of the genus Hipparchia)

• “faune”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Middle French faune, from Latin faunus.

• IPA^(key): /fon/

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faune m (plural faunes)

1. faun
2. tree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus)

faune f (plural faunes)

1. fauna, wildlife

   Coordinate term: flore

   la flore et la faune ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “faune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

faune f

1. plural of fauna