fan

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See also: Fan, FAN, fán, fàn, fân, fān, fǎn, and Appendix:Variations of "fan"

Contents

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Handheld fans.
An electrical fan.
A ceiling fan.

From Middle English fan, from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Latin ventus (“wind”), Dutch wan (“fan”), German Wanne, Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”), Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.

Noun[edit]

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.
  3. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
  4. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
  5. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
    • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Isaiah 30:24:
      The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.
    • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew 3:12:
      Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.
  6. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
  7. (mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from fan (noun, etymologies 1, 2)
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]

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. (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
    • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 148:
      Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver[sic] her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.
  3. (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
  4. A maneuver done by flicking the top rear of an old style gun.
    • 2011, Hans-Christoan Vortisch, GURPS Tactical Shooting, page 14:
      To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.
Derived terms[edit]

Related term[edit]

  • (to firing a revolver by holding trigger and hitting hammer) thumbing
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Football/soccer fans in Argentina.
Star Trek fans in the United States.
Rolling Stones fans in Norway.

Clipping of fanatic. Possibly influenced by fancy (“group of sport or hobby enthusiasts”).

Noun[edit]

fan (plural fans or fen)

  2. An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone.
    I am a big fan of libraries.
Usage notes[edit]

The plural fen is only used within science fiction fandom. See fen, etymology 2, for more information.

Synonyms[edit]
  • For semantic relationships of this term, see fan in the Thesaurus.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from fan
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
  • “fan” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018, retrieved 1 January 2017: “1889, American English, originally of baseball enthusiasts, probably a shortening of fanatic, but it may be influenced by the fancy, a collective term for followers of a certain hobby or sport (especially boxing)”.

Anagrams[edit]

Bambara[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. egg

References[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of fer

Chuukese[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. church (building)
    Ka mochen fiti fan? ― Do you want to attend church?
  2. time (instance or occurrence)
    • 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, Matthew 26:34, page 55:
      Jesus a apasa ngeni Peter, "Upwe apasa ngonuk pwe non ei chok pwinin me mwen ewe chukȯ epwe kökkö, fan unungat kopwe apasa pwe kose sinei ei."
      Jesus said to Peter, "I tell you that in this night before the chicken calls, three times you will say that you don't know me."

Preposition[edit]

fan

  1. under

Dutch[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan m (plural fans, diminutive fannetje n)

  1. fan (admirer)

Synonyms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. fan, admirer, aficionado

Declension[edit]

Inflection of fan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative fan fanit
genitive fanin fanien
partitive fania faneja
illative faniin faneihin
singular plural
nominative fan fanit
accusative nom. fan fanit
gen. fanin
genitive fanin fanien
partitive fania faneja
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

Synonyms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English fan, 1920s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer, supporter)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan f (plural fans)

  1. (Canada) fan (ventilator)

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin famēs.

Noun[edit]

fan f

  1. hunger

Related terms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of facer

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒn]
  • Hyphenation: fan

Noun[edit]

fan (plural fanok)

  1. (obsolete) pubis

Usage notes[edit]

Today it is used only in compounds.

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish anaid, fanaid (“stays, remains, abides”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fan (present analytic fanann, future analytic fanfaidh, verbal noun fanacht, past participle fanta)

  1. to wait
  2. to stay

Conjugation[edit]

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present fanaim fanann tú;
fanair† 		fanann sé, sí fanaimid fanann sibh fanann siad;
fanaid† 		a fhanann; a fhanas /
a bhfanann*; a bhfanas* 		fantar
past d'fhan mé; d'fhanas /
fhan mé‡; fhanas‡ 		d'fhan tú; d'fhanais /
fhan tú; fhanais‡ 		d'fhan sé, sí /
fhan sé, sí‡ 		d'fhanamar; d'fhan muid /
fhanamar; fhan muid‡ 		d'fhan sibh; d'fhanabhair /
fhan sibh;
fhanabhair‡ 		d'fhan siad; d'fhanadar /
fhan siad; fhanadar‡ 		a d'fhan /
ar fhan* 		fanadh
past habitual d'fhanainn /
fhanainn‡ 		d'fhantá /
fhantᇠ		d'fhanadh sé, sí /
fhanadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhanaimis; d'fhanadh muid /
fhanaimis; fhanadh muid‡ 		d'fhanadh sibh /
fhanadh sibh‡ 		d'fhanaidís; d'fhanadh siad /
fhanaidís; fhanadh siad‡ 		a d'fhanadh /
ar fhanadh* 		d'fhantaí /
fhantaí‡
future fanfaidh mé;
fanfad 		fanfaidh tú;
fanfair† 		fanfaidh sé, sí fanfaimid;
fanfaidh muid 		fanfaidh sibh fanfaidh siad;
fanfaid† 		a fhanfaidh; a fhanfas /
a bhfanfaidh*; a bhfanfas* 		fanfar
conditional d'fhanfainn /
fhanfainn‡ 		d'fhanfá /
fhanfᇠ		d'fhanfadh sé, sí /
fhanfadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhanfaimis; d'fhanfadh muid /
fhanfaimis; fhanfadh muid‡ 		d'fhanfadh sibh /
fhanfadh sibh‡ 		d'fhanfaidís; d'fhanfadh siad /
fhanfaidís; fhanfadh siad‡ 		a d'fhanfadh /
ar fhanfadh* 		d'fhanfaí /
fhanfaí‡
subjunctive present go bhfana mé;
go bhfanad† 		go bhfana tú;
go bhfanair† 		go bhfana sé, sí go bhfanaimid;
go bhfana muid 		go bhfana sibh go bhfana siad;
go bhfanaid† 		— go bhfantar
past dá bhfanainn dá bhfantá dá bhfanadh sé, sí dá bhfanaimis;
dá bhfanadh muid 		dá bhfanadh sibh dá bhfanaidís;
dá bhfanadh siad 		— dá bhfantaí
imperative fanaim fan fanadh sé, sí fanaimis fanaigí;
fanaidh† 		fanaidís — fantar
verbal noun fanacht
past participle fanta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡Dependent form

Mutation[edit]

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.

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin fāmes.

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. hunger

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English fan.

Noun[edit]

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer or follower)

Kanuri[edit]

Verb[edit]

fàn+

  1. hear
  2. understand
  3. feel

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

fan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of fàn.

Usage notes[edit]

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Occitan[edit]

Verb[edit]

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of faire

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fana, *funa (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *pone, *pana (“from”), from *apo-, *pā- (“off, of”). Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Old Frisian fan, fon (“from”), Old High German fona, fon (“from”).

Preposition[edit]

fan

  1. off, from

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *afana, whence also Old High German fon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

fan

  1. from

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan m pers (feminine fanka)

  1. fan (“admirer”)

Declension[edit]

declension of fan
singular plural
nominative fan fani
genitive fana fanów
dative fanowi fanom
accusative fana fanów
instrumental fanem fanami
locative fanie fanach
vocative fanie fani

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • fan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. betel leaf

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish anaid, fanaid (“stays, remains, abides”).

Verb[edit]

fan (past dh'fhan, future fanaidh, verbal noun fantail or fantainn or fanachd)

  1. stay, remain
  2. wait

Synonyms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan

Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Old Frisian fandiand, present participle of fandia (“tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“seek, search for, examine”).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfaːˌaːn/

Noun[edit]

fan c

  1. the devil, Satan
    Må fan ta dig.
    May the devil take you.
    Du var mig en jobbig fan.
    You're one tricky little devil.

Interjection[edit]

fan

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

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English fan, short for fanatic, related to the Swedish words fanatisk and fanatiker.

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan c, n

  1. fan (admirer)
    jag är ett stort fan av saffransbullar
    I'm a huge fan of saffron buns
Declension[edit]
Declension of fan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fan fanet fans fansen
Genitive fans fanets fans fansens

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Low German fan, used since 1772, closely related to Swedish fana (“flag”).

Noun[edit]

fan n

  1. vane, web (part of the anatomy of a bird's feather)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fan fanet fan fanen
Genitive fans fanets fans fanens

Tboli[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. bait

Uzbek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَنّ‎ (fann).

Noun[edit]

fan (plural fanlar)

  1. science

Synonyms[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English van.

Noun[edit]

fan f (plural faniau)

  1. van

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

fan

  1. Soft mutation of man.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
man fan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • “fan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian fen; compare Dutch van, German von.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

fan

  1. from
  2. of
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