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See also fân, fān, fán, fǎn, fàn, Fan, and FAN

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Handheld fans
An electrical fan

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
fan

Plural
fans

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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
hand-held device
electrical device
anything resembling a hand-held fan
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to fan

Third person singular
fans

Simple past
fanned

Past participle
fanned

Present participle
fanning

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. (intransitive) (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
[edit] Translations
blow air on by means of a fan
move or spread in multiple directions from one point

[edit] Etymology 2

Football/soccer fans in Argentina.

Shortened from fanatic.

[edit] Noun

Singular
fan

Plural
fans

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.
[edit] Translations
admirer

[edit] Etymology 3

From the romanization of the Cantonese word 分 (fan)

[edit] Noun

Singular
fan

Plural
fans

fan (plural fans)

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

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[edit] References

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

[edit] Anagrams


[edit] Cantonese

[edit] 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

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

fan

  1. fan, admirer, aficionado

[edit] 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

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of facer.

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈfɒn/

[edit] Noun

fan (plural fanok)

  1. (obsolete) pubis

[edit] Usage notes

Today it is used only in compounds.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] References

  • fan at A Pallas Nagy Lexikona, Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt., Budapest, 1897
  • László Országh, Hungarian-English Dictionary, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1977

[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [fˠanˠ]

[edit] Verb

fan

  1. to wait
  2. to stay

[edit] Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
Finite forms
Analytic 1st sing. 2d sing. 3d sing. Autonomous
1st pl. 2d pl. 3d pl.
Present fanann fanaim fanair* fantar
fanaimid fanaid*
Imperfect d'fhanadh d'fhanainn d'fhantá d'fhantaí
d'fhanaimis d'fhanaidís
Past d'fhan d'fhanas* d'fhanais* fanadh
d'fhanamar d'fhanabhar* d'fhanadar*
Future fanfaidh fanfad* fanfair* fanfar
fanfaimid;
fanfam*		 fanfaid*
Conditional d'fhanfadh d'fhanfainn d'fhanfá d'fhanfaí
d'fhanfaimis d'fhanfaidís
Present subjunctive fana fanad* fanair* fantar
fanaimid fanaid*
Past subjunctive fanadh fanainn fantá fantaí
fanaimis fanaidís
Imperative fanadh fanaim fan fantar
fanaimis fanaigí fanaidís
*(Nonstandard)
Past participle
fanta
Verbal noun
fanacht

[edit] 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.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English

[edit] Noun

fan m. and f. (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer or follower)

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Noun

fan (Pinyin fàn, traditional 飯, simplified 饭)

  1. rice
  2. meal

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[edit] Verb

fan (Pinyin fan3, traditional and simplified 反)

  1. turn over
  2. counter

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[edit] Pinyin syllable

fan

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, fān, fán, fǎn, or fàn.

[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.

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Noun

fan

  1. betel leaf

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

fan, present participle fantail, fantainn

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

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

fan m. and f. (plural fans)

  1. fan

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

fan

  1. the devil, Satan

[edit] Interjection

fan

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

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

fan

  1. fan (admirer)

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[edit] Uzbek

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic فن (fann)

[edit] Noun

fan

  1. science

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

fan f.

  1. van.
[edit] Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
fan unchanged unchanged unchanged

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

fan

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

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Etymology

Compare Dutch van, German von

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Preposition

fan

  1. from
  2. of
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