villan

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See also: Villan and villán

English

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Noun

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villan (plural villans)

  1. Obsolete form of villain.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Noun

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villan

  1. genitive singular of villa

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1805. From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as világ and villog + -an (verb-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvilːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: vil‧lan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

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villan

  1. (intransitive) to flash, glint (to gleam briefly)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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With verbal prefixes

References

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  1. ^ villan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • villan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

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Noun

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villan

  1. definite singular of villa