Polyglot Dictionary

fauna

/ˈfawnɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as faunas

Meaning

  1. fauna

    • A fauna é rica.

      The fauna is rich.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

zoologia

Fauna is the animal life itself; zoologia is the science that studies it.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

fauna

fauna is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "fauna."

Practice

1 What does fauna mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ é rica.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fauna?

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