fang

See also Fang, fāng, fáng, fǎng, and fàng

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English fangen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”).

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

Derived terms

• fanger
• fangle
• infang
• onfang
• underfang

Etymology 2

From Middle English fang, feng (“a catching, capture, seizing”), from Old English fang, feng (“grip, embrace, grasp, grasping, capture, prey, booty, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peHg̑- (“to fasten”). Cognate with Scots fang (“that which is taken, capture, catch, prey, booty”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

1. (Now chiefly dialetal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
5. (rare, plural) Cage-shuts.
6. (dialectal) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.

Derived terms

• fanging

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fængtōþ, fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.

Noun

fang (plural fangs)

1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

Derived terms

• fanged
• fangless

Translations

canine tooth

• Arabic: ناب (ar) (nāb) m

  Egyptian Arabic: ناب (nāb) m

• Armenian: ժանիք (hy) (žanik’)
• Burmese: စွယ် (my) (swè)
• Catalan: ullal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尖牙 (cmn) (jiānyá)

• Czech: tesák (cs) m
• Danish: hugtand (da) c
• Dutch: hoektand (nl) m, vangtand (nl) m
• Finnish: kulmahammas (fi), torahammas (fi)
• French: croc (fr) m
• German: Fangzahn (de) m, Reißzahn (de) m

• Italian: dente m, dente canino, dente di cane, zanna (it) f
• Japanese: 牙 (ja) (きば, kiba)
• Kazakh: азу (kk) (azu)
• Korean: 송곳니 (ko) (songgotni)
• Latvian: ilknis m
• Malay: gigi taring (ms), siung (ms)
• Polish: kieł (pl) m
• Portuguese: presa (pt) f, canino (pt) m
• Russian: клык (ru) (klyk) m
• Spanish: colmillo (es) m
• Swahili: chonge (sw)
• Vietnamese: răng nanh
• West Frisian: slachtosk (fy)

a tooth that can inject venom

• Dutch: giftand (nl) m
• German: Giftzahn (de) m

Verb

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (rare) to strike or attack with the fangs

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Catalan

Noun

fang m (plural fangs)

1. mud

See also

• llot m

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Danish

Verb

fang

1. imperative of fange

1. Catch.
2. Capture.

Fang mig!

Catch me!

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German

Verb

fang

1. Imperative singular of fangen.

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Mandarin

Romanization

fang

1. Nonstandard spelling of fāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

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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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fang f (genitive fainge, plural fangan)

1. vulture