chan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Clipping of channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

  1. (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
    • 1997, "Dominic Donegan", Is there a #nethack chan on IRC? (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
      I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something?
    • 1999, "Jonny Durango", IMPORTANT NEWS FOR AHM IRC CHAN!!! (on newsgroup alt.hackers.malicious)
      If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

  1. (Internet, informal) An imageboard.

Anagrams

Ch'orti'

Noun

chan

  1. snake

Galician

Etymology

From Latin plānum. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. floor

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

  • (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu) IPA(key): [xan̪ˠ]
  • (before e, i, fhe, fhi) IPA(key): [xanʲ]

Particle

chan

  1. (Ulster) not
    Chan ólann sé. ― He does not drink.
    Chan fhanfaidh sé. ― He will not wait.
Usage notes

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.

Synonyms
  • ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)
  • cha (used before a consonant)
  • char (used with the past tense)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xan̪ˠ]

Verb

chan

  1. past analytic of can
  • chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
  • chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • canadh (autonomous)

References

Japanese

Romanization

chan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃん

Ladino

Noun

chan m (Latin spelling)

  1. bell

Mandarin

Romanization

chan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chàn.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Nafaanra

Noun

chan

  1. vagina

Reference

Old Occitan

Etymology

Deverbal of chantar.

Noun

chan m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural chan)

  1. song

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *chaːn-. Compare Classical Nahuatl chāntli (“home”)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaŋ/

Relational

-chan

  1. at or to one's home or house
    Tiajket ka nuchan pal titakwat
    We went to my house to eat

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Turkish kan (“prince, lord”)/khān, contraction of khaqan (“sovereign, ruler”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xan/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

chan m pers

  1. khan (ruler)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English chan.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. (Internet) chan, imageboard

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. (Vallader) (male) dog

Coordinate terms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xanʲ]

Particle

chan

  1. not
    Chan fhaca mi i. ― I haven’t seen her.
    Chan eil mi fuar. ― I am not cold.
    An t-aran, chan [eil] ùr e. ― The bread, it’s not fresh.

Usage notes

  • Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
  • This is the form used before a vowel, including before words like fhaca since lenitied /f/ is silent. Otherwise use cha.
  • In older Gaelic this is spelled cha'n.

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃan/, [t͡ʃãn]

Noun

chan m (plural chanes)

  1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Alternative form of chía
    • 2002, Rodrigo Crespo A., Comiendo pura vida, p. 135.
      Los aderezos de semillas y nueces se preparan licuando semillas remojadas de linaza, girasol, chan...
      Seasonings from seeds and nuts are prepared by blending soaked linseed, sunflower seeds, chia seeds...

Further reading

Tzotzil

Verb

chan

  1. (transitive) to learn

References

Welsh

Noun

chan

  1. Aspirate mutation of can.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
can gan nghan chan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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