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fan

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Handheld fans An electrical fan

Old English fann, from the Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”).

Noun

fan (plural fans)

  1. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
  2. An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
  3. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Derived terms
Translations
hand-held device
electrical device
  • Latvian: ventilators lv(lv) m.
  • Lithuanian: ventiliatorius lt(lt) m.
  • Macedonian: вентилатор mk(mk) (ventilátor) m.
  • Norwegian: vifte no(no)
  • Polish: wentylator pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: ventoinha pt(pt) f., ventilador pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: вентилятор ru(ru) (ventiljátor) m.
  • Serbian: vetrilo n.
  • Spanish: ventilador es(es) m., abanico es(es) m. (Colombian Atlantic Coast, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Puerto Rico)
  • Swahili: shabiki sw(sw)
  • Swedish: fläkt sv(sv) c.
  • Tagalog: bentilador tl(tl)
  • Tamil: காத்தடி ta(ta) (kAttaDi)
  • Turkish: vantilatör tr(tr)
  • Vietnamese: quạt vi(vi) (máy)
anything resembling a hand-held fan
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Verb

to fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past and past participle fanned)

  1. (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
    We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind..
  2. (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
  3. (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Derived terms
Translations
blow air on by means of a fan
  • Danish: vifte da(da)
  • Finnish: tuulettaa fi(fi), puhaltaa fi(fi)
  • German: ventilieren, belüften, anfachen (fire, embers), anwehen
  • Hiligaynon: abaníko
  • Interlingua: flabellar (with a hand-held fan), ventilar
  • Kurdish: باوه‌شێن کردن ku(ku) (baweshén kirdin)
  • Latin: ventilo la(la)
  • Polish: wachlować (with a hand-held fan), wentylować, dmuchać
move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Portuguese: espalhar-se
  • Russian: рассредотачиваться ru(ru)
  • Swahili: shabiki sw(sw)
  • Swedish: sprida sv(sv) sig sv(sv) ("spread out")

Etymology 2

Football/soccer fans in Argentina.

Shortened from fanatic.

Noun

fan (plural fans)

  1. An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone; an admirer.
    I am a big fan of libraries.
Translations
admirer
  • Japanese: ファン ja(ja)
  • Lithuanian: fanas lt(lt) m., gerbėjas lt(lt) m.
  • Norwegian: fan no(no) m.
    Bokmål: tilhenger no(no) m.
    Nynorsk: tilhengjar nn(nn) m.
  • Polish: kibic pl(pl) (sports); fan pl(pl) m., fanka pl(pl) f. (of somebody); miłośnik pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: fã pt(pt) m. and f.
  • Russian: болельщик ru(ru) (bolél’ščik) m. (sports), фанат ru(ru) (fanát) m., поклонник ru(ru) (poklónnik) m., любитель ru(ru) (ljubítel') m.
  • Serbian: навијач sr(sr) m./navijač sr(sr) m. (sports), обожавалац sr(sr) m./obožavalac sr(sr) m., љубилац sr(sr) m./ljubilac sr(sr) m.
  • Spanish: fan es(es) m. and f., hincha es(es) m. and f., aficionado es(es) m.
  • Swahili: shabiki sw(sw)
  • Swedish: fan sv(sv) n.
  • Turkish: hayran tr(tr), taraftar tr(tr) (of a sport)
  • Welsh: cefnogwr cy(cy) m.

Etymology 3

From the romanization of the Cantonese word 分 (fan)

Noun

fan (plural fans)

  1. (Can we verify() this sense?) (Hong Kong) a traditional unit of length, legally defined in Hong Kong as 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek) or 0.00371475 metres [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/0/4ed2ff0cf02f2fd9c82564760077af3c?OpenDocument

Anagrams

Cantonese

Noun

fan (分)

  1. a traditional unit of length, legally defined as 1/10th of a tsun (1/100 of a chek) in Hong Kong

See also

Finnish

Noun

fan

  1. fan, admirer, aficionado

Declension

Declension of fan (type risti)
singular plural
nominative fan fanit
genitive fanin fanien
partitive fania faneja
accusative fan fanin fanit
inessive fanissa faneissa
elative fanista faneista
illative faniin faneihin
adessive fanilla faneilla
ablative fanilta faneilta
allative fanille faneille
essive fanina faneina
translative faniksi faneiksi
instructive – fanein
abessive fanitta faneitta
comitative – faneineen

Synonyms

Galician

Verb

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of facer.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

fan (plural fanok)

  1. (obsolete) pubis

Usage notes

Today it is used only in compounds.

Derived terms

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

fan

  1. to wait
  2. to stay

Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present fanaim fanann tú; fanair† fanann sé, sí fanaimid fanann sibh fanann siad; fanaid† fantar
past d'fhan mé; d'fhanas† d'fhan tú; d'fhanais† d'fhan sé, sí d'fhanamar d'fhan sibh; d'fhanabhair† d'fhan siad; d'fhanadar† fanadh
future fanfaidh mé; fanfad† fanfaidh tú; fanfair† fanfaidh sé, sí fanfaimid; fanfam† fanfaidh sibh fanfaidh siad; fanfaid† fanfar
past habitual d'fhanainn d'fhantá d'fhanadh sé, sí d'fhanaimis d'fhanadh sibh d'fhanaidís d'fhantaí
imperative fanaim fan fanadh sé, sí fanaimis fanaigí fanaidís fantar
conditional d'fhanfainn d'fhanfá d'fhanfadh sé, sí d'fhanfaimis d'fhanfadh sibh d'fhanfaidís d'fhanfaí
subjunctive present fana mé; fanad† fana tú; fanair† fana sé, sí fanaimid fana sibh fana siad; fanaid† fantar
past fanainn fantá fanadh sé, sí fanaimis fanadh sibh fanaidís fantaí
verbal noun fanacht
past participle fanta

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fan fhan bhfan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

fan m. and f. (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer or follower)

Mandarin

Noun

fan (Pinyin fàn, traditional 飯, simplified 饭)

  1. rice
  2. meal

Derived terms

Verb

fan (Pinyin fan3, traditional and simplified 反)

  1. turn over
  2. counter

Derived terms

Pinyin syllable

fan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Rohingya

Noun

fan

  1. betel leaf

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

fan, present participle fantail, fantainn

  1. To stay.
  2. To wait.
  3. To remain.

Spanish

Noun

fan m. and f. (plural fans)

  1. fan

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

fan

  1. the devil, Satan

Interjection

fan

  1. damn (referring to the devil)
    Fan! Jag glömde nycklarna.
    "Damn! I forgot my keys."

Etymology 2

Noun

fan

  1. fan (admirer)

See also

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic فن (fann)

Noun

fan

  1. science

Synonyms

Welsh

Etymology 1

Noun

fan f. (plural faniau)

  1. a van.
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
fan unchanged unchanged unchanged

Etymology 2

Noun

fan

  1. Soft mutation form of man
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
man fan unchanged unchanged

West Frisian

Etymology

From Middle Frisian fen; compare Dutch van, German von

Pronunciation

Preposition

fan

  1. from
  2. of

 

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