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

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

See also

• streche