fandom

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfændəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ændəm

Noun

fandom (countable and uncountable, plural fandoms)

1. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.

   Synonyms: fan base, fanship, fanhood

   Antonyms: anti-fandom, hatedom

   • 1896, Washington Post October 10, 1896, p. 8, column 6

     "'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in local fandom."

   • 2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quoting Kevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post‎^[1]:

     So I was like, ‘When this comes out, fans are going to lose their s–t!’ And I was half-right. I’ve watched fandoms get mad at creators before like Rian Johnson on ‘The Last Jedi.’

2. The subculture of fans.
3. The state, quality, or condition of being a fan.
   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[2], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:

     Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

Derived terms

• acafandom
• bandom
• fandom bicycle
• fandom frollo
• fandomtwt (Twitter communities of specific fandoms or groups)
• fandumb
• FNDM
• interfandom
• intrafandom
• Milifandom
• multifandom
• panfandom
• stfandom
• subfandom
• superfandom
• Trekfandom

Related terms

• See Category:en:Fans (people), for various names of different fandoms.

Translations

fans taken as a group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉絲圈 / 粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān)

• Finnish: fanikunta (fi), faniyhteisö, kannattajakunta
• German: Fangemeinde (de) f, Fans (de) m pl
• Gujarati: ચાહકજગત (cāhkajgat)
• Japanese: ファンダム (ja) (fandamu), 界隈 (ja) (かいわい, kaiwai)
• Korean: 팬덤 (paendeom)
• Malay: kepeminatan, kepenggemaran
• Russian: боле́льщики (ru) m pl (bolélʹščiki), поклонники (ru) m pl (poklonniki), поклонницы (ru) f pl (poklonnicy)
• Spanish: afición (es) f

subculture of fans

• Arabic: فاندوم
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷文化 (míwénhuà), 粉絲文化 / 粉丝文化, 粉都

• Finnish: fanikulttuuri
• Hindi: फ़ैंडम (fainḍam)
• Indonesian: kepenggemaran
• Japanese: ファンダム (ja) (fandamu)
• Korean: 팬덤 (paendeom)
• Lithuanian: fandomas m, fendomas m
• Malay: kepeminatan
• Polish: fandom (pl) m
• Russian: фэ́ндом (ru) m (fɛ́ndom), субкульту́ра (ru) f (subkulʹtúra)
• Spanish: fandom (es) m, fanaticada f, afición (es) f
• Thai: แฟนดอม, โลกของผู้หลงใหล, ด้อม (th) (dɔ̂m)
• Vietnamese: cộng đồng người hâm mộ, văn hóa người hâm mộ
• Yiddish: פֿאַנדאָם (fandom), פֿאַנבאַזע (fanbaze)

state, quality, or condition of being a fan

• German: Fandasein n
• Russian: фана́тство (ru) n (fanátstvo)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English fandom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛndɔm]
• Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom (plural fandom-fandom)

1. fandom

   Synonym: kepenggemaran

Related terms

• fan
• fanatik
• fanservis

Further reading

• “fandom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfan.dɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andɔm
• Syllabification: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m inan

1. fandom (subculture of fans)

Declension

Declension of fandom

	singular	plural
nominative	fandom	fandomy
genitive	fandomu	fandomów
dative	fandomowi	fandomom
accusative	fandom	fandomy
instrumental	fandomem	fandomami
locative	fandomie	fandomach
vocative	fandomie	fandomy

Further reading

• fandom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fandom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fandom.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.dõ/, /fɐ̃ˈdõ/, (careful pronunciatom) /ˈfẽ.dõ/

• Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m (plural fandoms)

1. fandom

Related terms

• fã

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfandom/ [ˈfãn̪.d̪õm]
• Rhymes: -andom
• Syllabification: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m (plural fandoms)

1. fandom