fan

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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

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.
  2. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
  3. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
  4. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  5. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
  6. (mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb

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

Etymology 2

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

fan (plural fans or fen)

  1. 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

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

Synonyms
  • For semantic relationships of this term, see fan in the Thesaurus.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • “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

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fã˦ã˨]

Noun

fan

  1. egg

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -an

Verb

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of fer

Chuukese

Noun

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

fan

  1. under

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /fɑn/
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /fɛn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fan m (plural fans, diminutive fannetje n)

  1. fan (admirer)

Synonyms

Finnish

Noun

fan

  1. fan, admirer, aficionado

Declension

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

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fan, 1920s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan/

Noun

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer, supporter)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan/

Noun

fan f (plural fans)

  1. (Canada) fan (ventilator)

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin famēs.

Noun

fan f

  1. hunger
  • famâ

Galician

Verb

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of facer

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fan (plural fanok)

  1. (obsolete) pubis

Usage notes

Today it is used only in compounds.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

References

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

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠanˠ/

Verb

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

  1. to wait
  2. to stay

Conjugation

Mutation

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

Etymology

From Latin fāmes.

Noun

fan

  1. hunger

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Noun

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan (admirer or follower)

Kanuri

Verb

fàn+

  1. hear
  2. understand
  3. feel

Mandarin

Romanization

fan

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

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.

Occitan

Verb

fan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of faire

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

fan

  1. off, from

Descendants

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan/

Preposition

fan

  1. from

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

fan m pers (feminine fanka)

  1. fan (“admirer”)

Declension

Synonyms

  • fanklub
  • fandom
  • fanzin
  • fanowski

Further reading

  • fan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

Noun

fan

  1. betel leaf

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. stay, remain
  2. wait

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

fan m, f (plural fans)

  1. fan

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːn/, /ˈfaːˌaːn/, /ˈfɑːn/, /ˈfɑːˌɑːn/

Noun

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

fan

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

See also

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːn/
  • Homophone: fän

Noun

fan c, n

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

fan n

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

Tboli

Noun

fan

  1. bait

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنّ‎ (fann).

Noun

fan (plural fanlar)

  1. science

Synonyms

Welsh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English van.

Noun

fan f (plural faniau)

  1. van

Etymology 2

Noun

fan

  1. Soft mutation of man.
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
man fan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔn/

Preposition

fan

  1. from
  2. of
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