fauna
Portuguese, noun/ˈfaw.nɐ/
fauna is spelled F-A-U-N-A (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fauna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fauna (set of animal species that characterize a region or period)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto dos seres vivos que compõem a biodiversidade animal de uma região”.
What does fauna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefauna (set of animal species that characterize a region or period)
- 2
derogatoryfemininecrew, crowd (group of people who frequent a certain place, with characteristic or marginal attitudes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto dos seres vivos que compõem a biodiversidade animal de uma região
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fauna
- faunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fauna?
- Brazil /ˈfaw.nɐ/
- Brazil [ˈfaʊ̯.nɐ]
- Portugal /ˈfaw.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fauna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fauna in Portuguese?
fauna appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).