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tăun

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See also: taun and tãun

Romanian

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tăun

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.[1] Cognate with Aromanian tãun, French taon.

Noun

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tăun m (plural tăuni)

  1. horsefly, gadfly

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tăun tăunul tăuni tăunii
genitive-dative tăun tăunului tăuni tăunilor
vocative tăunule tăunilor

See also

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References

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