chan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 2 Ch'orti' 2.1 Noun 3 Galician 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Particle 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.2.2 Related terms 4.2.3 Synonyms 4.3 Verb form 4.3.1 Usage notes 4.3.2 Related terms 5 Japanese 5.1 Suffix 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin syllable 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Polish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Scottish Gaelic 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Etymology 8.3 Particle 8.4 Usage notes 9 Spanish 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Scientific names 9.1.2 Synonyms 10 Welsh 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

channel

[edit] Noun

chan (plural chans)

1. (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
2. (Internet, informal) An imageboard, such as 4chan.

[edit] Derived terms

• chanop

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[edit] Ch'orti'

[edit] Noun

chan

1. Snake.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

See Portuguese chão.

[edit] Noun

chan m.

1. floor

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• (particle): IPA: [xan̪ˠ] (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu), [xanʲ] (before e, i, fhe, fhi)
• (verb form): IPA: [xan̪ˠ]

[edit] Particle

chan (negative)

1. not

[edit] Usage notes

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.

• chan ólann sé – “he does not drink”
• chan fhanfaidh sé – “he will not wait”

[edit] Related terms

• cha (used before a consonant)
• char (used with the past tense)

[edit] Synonyms

• ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)

[edit] Verb form

chan

1. Past tense analytic of can.

[edit] Usage notes

Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, mé, tú, sé, sí, sibh, siad or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.

[edit] Related terms

• chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
• chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• canadh (autonomous)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Suffix

chan

1. see -chan

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

chan

1. Common misspelling of chān.
2. Common misspelling of chán.
3. Common misspelling of chǎn.
4. Common misspelling of chàn.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Turkic khān ‘lord, prince’

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /xan̪/

[edit] Noun

chan m.

1. khan (ruler)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chan	chanowie
Genitive	chana	chanów
Dative	chanowi	chanom
Accusative	chana	chanów
Instrumental	chanem	chanami
Locative	chanie	chanach
Vocative	chanie	chanowie

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [xanʲ]

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish ní con, corresponding to Latin non quod. (Source: Alexander MacBain, Etymological dictionary of Scottish Gaelic.)

[edit] Particle

chan

1. not
   • Chan fhaca mi i. I haven’t seen her.
   • Chan eil mi fuar. I am not cold.
   • An t-aran, chan [eil] ùr e. The bread, it’s not fresh.

[edit] Usage notes

• Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
• This is the form used before a vowel, including before words like fhaca since lenitied /f/ is silent. Otherwise use cha.
• In older Gaelic this is spelled cha'n.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

chan m. (plural chanes)

1. Some plant of the sage family whose seed is eaten.

   Los aderezos de semillas y nueces se preparan licuando semillas remojadas de linaza, girasol, chan... Rodrigo Crespo A., Comiendo pura vida, p. 135.

[edit] Scientific names

• Salvia chia
• Salvia hispanica

[edit] Synonyms

• chía f.

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

can

1. can with the lenition

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
can	gan	nghan	chan