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{{see|fân|fān|fán|fǎn|fàn|Fan|FAN}}

English

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Image:Five fans.jpg|thumb|Handheld fans. Image:Kawasaki-Electric Fan.jpg|thumb|An electrical fan. , from the {{term|vannus||fan for winnowing grain|lang=la}}.

Noun

  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 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.


Derived terms
Translations
  • Chinese: 风扇 (fēngshàn)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|vějíř|m}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|vifte|c}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t|fr|éventail|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Fächer|m}}
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|מניפה|sc=Hebr}}
  • Icelandic: {{tø|ic|blævængur|m}}
  • Interlingua: flabello
  • Italian: {{t+|it|ventaglio|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|扇子|tr=sensu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Lao: (wii)
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|vēdeklis|m|xs=Latvian}}
  • Polish:
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|leque|m}}
  • Rohingya: fangká
  • Russian: {{t|ru|веер|m|tr=véjer|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Serbian: {{t|sr|lepeza|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|abanico|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|solfjäder|c}}
  • Tamil: {{t|ta|காத்தடி|tr=kAttaDi|xs=Tamil}}
  • Chinese: 电风扇 (diàn fēng shàn)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|větrák|m}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|ventilator|c}}
  • Dutch:
  • Estonian: ventilaator
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|ventilateur|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Ventilator|m}}, {{t|de|Gebläse|n}}, {{t|de|Lüfter|m}}
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|מאוורר|sc=Hebr}}
  • Icelandic: {{t-|is|vifta|f}}
  • Interlingua: ventilator (electrical fan)
  • Italian: {{t-|it|ventilatore|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|扇風機|sc=Jpan}} ({{t|ja|せんぷうき|tr=senpūki|sc=Jpan}})
  • Kurdish:
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|ventilators|m|xs=Latvian}}
  • Polish: {{t|pl|wentylator|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ventoinha|f}}, {{t+|pt|ventilador|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|вентилятор|m|tr=ventiljátor|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|ventilador|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t|sv|fläkt|c}}
  • Tamil: {{t|ta|காத்தடி|tr=kAttaDi|xs=Tamil}}
  • Chinese: 扇 (shàn)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|vějíř|m}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|vifte|c}}
  • Finnish: , , (peacock's tail)
  • German: {{t+|de|Fächer|m}}
  • Polish: {{t-|pl|wiatrak|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t|pt|leque|m}}, {{t-|pt|abano|m}}, {{t-|pt|abanico|m}}, {{t|pt|flabelo|m}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|веер|m|tr=véjer|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Tamil: {{t|ta|காத்தடி|tr=kAttaDi|xs=Tamil}}

Verb

{{en-verb|fan|n|ing}}

  1. To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
  2. : We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
  3. (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.


Translations

Etymology 2

Image:FIFA World Cup - ARG vs. SCG - Fans of Argentina.jpg|thumb|[[football|Football/soccer fans in Argentina.]] Shortened from .

Noun

  1. An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone; an admirer.
  2. : I am a big fan of libraries.


Translations
  • Czech: {{t|cs|milovník|m}}, {{t-|cs|příznivec|m}}, {{t|cs|fanoušek|m}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|fan|c}}, ,
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|fan|m|f}}, {{t|nl|bewonderaar|m}}, {{t|nl|bewonderaarster|f}},
  • Finnish: , (colloquial)
  • French: {{t+|fr|fan|m|f}}, {{t|fr|admirateur|m}}, {{t|fr|admiratrice|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Fan|m}}, {{t-|de|Liebhaber|m}}
  • Icelandic: aðdáandi , áhangandi
  • Interlingua: {{t-|ia|devoto|xs=Interlingua}}, {{t-|ia|fanatico|xs=Interlingua}}, {{t-|ia|fan|xs=Interlingua}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ファン|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish: (sports); {{t+|pl|fan|m}}, {{t|pl|fanka|f}} (of somebody); {{t|pl|miłośnik|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t|pt|fã|m|f}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|болельщик|m|tr=bolél’ščik|sc=Cyrl}} (sports), {{t|ru|фанат|m|tr=fanát|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|fan|m|f}}, {{t+|es|fanático|m}}, {{t|es|fanática|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|fan|n}}

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Hungarian

Noun


Usage notes

The word is obsolete and has no clear meaning. Today it is only used in the medical expression , meaning pubic hair.

Derived terms


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Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: lang=ga


Verb

  1. to wait
  2. to stay


Conjugation

{{ga-verb-conj 1a|f|a|n|q=broad|vn=fanacht}}

Mutation

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

fan

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, fān, fán, fǎn, or fàn.


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.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

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Rohingya

Noun

  1. betel leaf


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Spanish

Noun

  1. fan#English|fan


Synonyms


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Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

  1. the devil, Satan


Interjection

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


Etymology 2

Noun

  1. #English|fan (admirer)


See also


Category:Swedish swear words

ar:fan el:fan es:fan fa:fan fr:fan ko:fan io:fan id:fan it:fan lo:fan hu:fan nl:fan no:fan pl:fan ru:fan simple:fan fi:fan sv:fan ta:fan te:fan vi:fan tr:fan vo:fan zh:fan

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fanning.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van
a winnowing machine.]
1. To move as with a fan.
[1913 Webster]

The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
--Milton.
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2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
the air on the face of with a fan.
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3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
[1913 Webster]

Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
--Dryden.
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4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
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5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a
flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
excitement of the populace.
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Fanning machine, or Fanning mill, a machine for
separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
fanner.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fan \Fan\ (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for
winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine,
Winnow.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
surface; as:
(a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.
(b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
separated and blown away.
(d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
[1913 Webster]

Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24.
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2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
flame of his passion.
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3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
(fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.

Fan cricket (Zool.), a mole cricket.

Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
doorways.

Fan shell (Zool.), any shell of the family Pectinid[ae].
See Scallop, n., 1.

Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
of fan vaulting.

Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
peculiar to English Gothic.

Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower.

Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).

electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling
air, powered by an electric motor.
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WordNet fan
n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a
surface or surfaces
2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan]
3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: buff, devotee, lover]
v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
3: agitate the air
4: separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all
day in the field" [syn: winnow]
[also: fanning, fanned]
Moby Dictionary
Maecenas , V , abettor , adherent , admirer , advocate , aerate , aerator ,
aficionado , agitate , air , air conditioner , air cooler , air filter ,
air out , air passage , air-condition , air-cool , airify , airscrew ,
amateur , angel , annoy , apologist , appendage , applauder ,
appreciator , arouse , attendant , attender , audience , authority ,
awake , awaken , backer , blow the coals , blow up , blower , bomb ,
booster , branch , branch out , buff , bug , call forth , call up ,
cavaliere servente , champion , chiller , claqueur , cold pack ,
collector , commender , connoisseur , cooler , cooling system ,
courtier , crank , crap out , critic , cross-ventilate , crotch , crutch ,
dangler , defender , delta , dependence , dependent , deploy , devotee ,
dilettante , disciple , disperse , draw a blank , driver , drop a bomb ,
drop the ball , electric fan , encomiast , encourager , endorser ,
energumen , enkindle , enrage , enthusiast , eulogist , eulogizer ,
excite , exhaust fan , expand , expert , exponent , extend , extoller ,
fan out , fan the fire , fan the flame , fanatic , fanatico , fancier ,
favorer , feed the fire , ferment , fire , flabellum , flame , flare ,
flop , flummox , flunky , fold , fold up , follower , following , foment ,
fork , freak , frenzy , frequenter , freshen , friend at court , frisk ,
furcula , furculum , get left , groin , groupie , habitue , hanger-on ,
haunter , heat , heat up , henchman , homme de cour , hound , ice bag ,
ice bucket , ice cube , ice pack , ice pail , idolater , idolizer ,
impassion , impeller , incense , incite , infatuate , inflame ,
infuriate , inguen , instigate , key up , kindle , lather up , lauder ,
lay an egg , light the fuse , light up , lose out , lover ,
lunatic fringe , madden , mainstay , maintainer , monomaniac , move ,
nettle , not hack it , not make it , nut , offshoot , open , open up ,
outspread , outstretch , overexcite , overgrow , overrun , oxygenate ,
oxygenize , paddle wheel , panegyrist , paranymph , parasite , partisan ,
patron , pique , piston , plugger , praiser , promoter , prong , prop ,
propellant , propeller , propulsor , protagonist , provoke , public ,
puffer , pundit , punkah , pursuer , pursuivant , put up to , rally ,
ramification , ramify , refresh , reliance , rooter , rotor , rouse ,
ruffle , satellite , savant , scholar , screw , screw propeller , second ,
seconder , sectary , set astir , set fire to , set on , set on fire ,
shadow , shake down , sic on , sider , specialist , spectator , splay ,
sponsor , spraddle , sprangle , sprawl , spread , spread like wildfire ,
spread out , stalwart , standby , steam up , stem , stir ,
stir the blood , stir the embers , stir the feelings , stir up ,
stooge , strike out , successor , summon up , support , supporter ,
surface cooler , sustainer , sympathizer , tagtail , tail ,
take the count , technical expert , technician , theatergoer ,
thermantidote , tickle , tout , touter , trainbearer , trident , turbine ,
turn on , twin screws , unfold , upholder , ventilate , ventilator ,
visitor , votary , wake , wake up , waken , ward heeler , warm ,
warm the blood , water cooler , well-wisher , wheel , whet , whiff ,
whip up , widen , wind , windcatcher , windsail , windscoop ,
wine cooler , winnow , wishbone , work into , work up , worshiper ,
zealot


Jargon fan n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction,
especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out with other fans.
Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish
slang; however, unlike much fannish slang it is recognized by most
non-fannish hackers. Among SF fans the plural is correctly `fen', but
this usage is not automatic to hackers. "Laura reads the stuff
occasionally but isn't really a fan."


Fan a winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See {AGRICULTURE}.)
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