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la faune
fauna
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How do you say faune in French?
How do you pronounce faune in French?
faune is pronounced /la fon/ in French.
Example sentences
La faune africaine est extrêmement diversifiée et menacée par le changement climatique.
African fauna is extremely diverse and threatened by climate change.
La faune locale que nous avons observée était magnifique et fragile.
The local fauna that we observed was magnificent and fragile.
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Why is it feminine?
Faune is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "fauna," the feminine form of the name of Faunus (a Roman god of nature), which was used by Linnaeus in the 18th century to denote the animal life of a region—and Latin feminine nouns ending in "-a" typically became feminine in French. It's an exception to the general rule that French words ending in "-e" can be either gender, but the Latin feminine origin accounts for its consistent feminine gender.
What is the French word for fauna?
The French word for fauna is la faune — feminine.
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