"wildlife (wild animals)" in seven languages
Meaningwildlife (wild animals)
Spanish
fauna
/ˈfauna/
fem.learned
Often fauna salvaje or vida silvestre.
French
faune
/fon/
fem.learned
Often la faune sauvage.
Italian
fauna
/ˈfauna/
fem.learned
Often la fauna selvatica.
Portuguese
fauna
/ˈfawnɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
faună
/ˈfawnə/
fem.learned
Catalan
fauna
/ˈfawnə/
fem.learned
English
wildlife
/ˈwaɪldlaɪf/
native English · wild + life (Old English wilde, līf)
English → Italianwildlife (wild animals)faunaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: fauna, faun.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FAUNA (New Latin)‘the animals of a region, after the rustic goddess Fauna’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Linnaeus named his catalogue of Swedish animals Fauna Suecica after Fauna, a Roman rustic goddess; the sisters use the scientific word where English says wildlife.
English relatives: fauna, faun
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In a sentence
- esEl parque protege su fauna.
- frLe parc protège sa faune.
- itIl parco protegge la sua fauna.
- ptO parque protege a sua fauna.
- roParcul își protejează fauna.
- caEl parc protegeix la seva fauna.
- enThe park protects its wildlife.