tăun

See also: taun and tãun

Romanian

tăun

Alternative forms

• tăune

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *tabōnem, from Latin tabānus. Alternatively, from the classical Latin form through alteration of an older Romanian intermediate form *tăîn; compare similar development in înăuntru. Cognate with Aromanian tãun, French taon.

Noun

tăun m (plural tăuni)

1. horsefly, gadfly

Declension

Declension of tăun

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tăun	tăunul	(niște) tăuni	tăunii
genitive/dative	(unui) tăun	tăunului	(unor) tăuni	tăunilor
vocative	tăunule		tăunilor

See also

• streche