lan

See also Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Haitian Creole

Article

lan

1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See also

• a
• an
• la
• nan
• yo
• yon

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Mandarin

Romanization

lan

1. Nonstandard spelling of lán.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of làn.

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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Romanian

Noun

lan n. (plural lanuri)

1. field

Declension

declension of lan

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un lan	lanul	niște lanuri	lanurile
genitive/dative	unui lan	lanului	unor lanuri	lanurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Noun

lȁn m. (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)

1. flax

Declension

    declension of lan

	singular	plural
nominative	lan	lanovi
genitive	lana	lanova
dative	lanu	lanovima
accusative	lan	lanove
vocative	lanu	lanovi
locative	lanu	lanovima
instrumental	lanom	lanovima

Derived terms

• lànen

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Vietnamese

Noun

lan

1. sweet

Verb

lan

1. to spread, to run

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Welsh

Noun

lan

1. Soft mutation of llan.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llan	lan	unchanged	unchanged