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Definition: Fan |
FanNoun1. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces. 2. An enthusiastic devotee of sports. 3. An ardent follower. Verb1. Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) in baseball. 2. Make fiercer; as of emotions; "fan hatred". 3. Agitate the air. 4. Separate from chaff; of grain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Computing | 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.". Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | 1. (a) Any vaned rotary device for producing a current or stream of air. (b) Specifically, a multivaned wheel or rotor used to take in air in a bypass engine or ducted-fan engine. It may be either a mere blower of a low-pressure compressor. See ducted fan.2. A propeller, especially when the emphasis is upon its function of moving air rather than propelling. (references) |
Bible | 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.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To see a fan in your dreams, denotes pleasant news and surprises are awaiting you in the near future. For a young woman to dream of fanning herself, or that some one is fanning her, gives promise of a new and pleasing acquaintances; if she loses an old fan, she will find that a warm friend is becoming interested in other women. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Energy | A device that moves and/or circulates air and provides ventilation for a room or a building. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Any arrangement by which fresh air is introduced to, or foul air exhausted from, any part of a vessel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A fan-shaped sedimentary deposit that forms where rapidly flowing water enters a relatively open, flat area. As water slows down, it deposits sediment and gradually builds a fan. See alluvial fan. (references) |
Literature | Fan I could brain him with his lady's fan (1 Henry IV., ii. 3) - i.e. knock his brains out with a fan handle. The ancient fans had long handles, so that ladies used their fans for walking-sticks, and it was by no means unusual for very testy dames to chastise unruly children by beating them with their fan-sticks. "Wer't not better Your head were brokeu with the handle of a fan?" Beaumont and Fletcher: Wit at Several Weapons, v. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. To drill a number of boreholes each in a different horizontal or vertical direction from a single drill setup b. An accumulation of debris brought down by a stream descending through a steep ravine and debouching in the plain beneath, where the detrital material spreads out in the shape of a fan, forming a section of a verylow cone. See also:alluvial fan. (references) |
Personal Care & Hotels | A rotary machine which propels air, or other gas. Source: European Union. (references) |
Space | The fan is the first component in a turbofan. The fan pulls air into the engine. The large spinning fan sucks in large quantities of air. It then, speeds the air up and splits it into two parts. One part continues through the "core" or center of the engine, where it is acted upon by the other engine components. The second part "bypasses" the core of the engine, instead traveling through a duct that surrounds the core to the back of the engine where it produces much of the force that propels the airplane forward. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fan can mean the following:
- fanatical supporter
- air-movement device
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fan."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term fan characterises one who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming and often irrational/uncritical admiration or like of a person, work of art, idea, or trend. The word probably derives from the adjective fanatical.Fans collectively may, especially if expressing interest in some organised or consistent manner, coalesce into fandom, or be known as a fanbase, particularly when they are fans of music groups. Non-sports fans sometimes self-address as the fen.
In a few cases, fans may become so obsessed with the (presumably human) objects of their infatuation that they become stalkers.
The fan (aficionado) should remain distinct from the air-movement device.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fan (aficionado)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A fan is a device to agitate or move air or gas. It is basically a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces. It is used to move air or gas from one location to another, within or between spaces, for industrial reasons, or for residential use, for ventilation purposes or to increase the circulation of air in a living space. Fans have broad surfaces that usually revolve in motion.Leaves or flat objects, waved to produce a more comfortable atmosphere, have not entirely given way to variable-speed electromechanical devices. In the course of their development, fans have exhibited a great variety of materials, a richness of decorative artwork, and associations with sophisticated milieus that belie the origins of this humble and apparently universal tool.
Applications include ornametal decorations, climate control, cooling system, refreshing air, personal wind-generation (e.g., an electric table fan), ventilation (e.g., an exhaust fan), winnowing (e.g., separating chaff of grain), removing dust (e.g., sucking as in a vacuum cleaner), cuttings, and to provide draft for a fire.
History
Ancient
The fan has an ancient history. Fan history stretches back thousands of years. Since antiquity, fan possesed a dual function, one of a status symbol and the other of useful ornament. In the course of their development, fans have been made of a variety of materials, have included decorative artwork, and been a universal tool. The simplest kinds are leaves or flat objects, waved to produce a more comfortable atmosphere. These rigid or folding hand-held device has been used for cooling, air circulation, ceremonial device, and a sartorial accessory throughout the world from ancient times. They are still used.
Originally, the fan could be seen as having tropical origins. The earliest known fans were called 'screen fans' or 'fixed leaf fans'. These instruments were manipulated by hand to cool the body, to produced a breeze, and ward off insects. Such early fans usually took the form of palm leaves. Some of the earliest know fans have came from Egyptian tombs. Early Assyria and Egypt employed slaves and servants to manipulate these intstruments. In Egyptian reliefs, fans were of the rigid type. Tutankhamum's tomb possessed gold fans with ostrich feathers, matching depictations on tomb walls. Long-handled, disk-shaped fan were carried by attendants in ancient times and were associated with regal and religious ceremonies. They had handles or sticks attached to a rigid leaf or to feathers. Plumage of birds were used in fans, such as the Egyptians and Native American Indians, that had both practical and ceremonial uses.
In the ancient Americas, the Aztec, Maya, and South American cultures used bird's feathers in their fans. This had a religious connotation as to the use of bird in the fans. In India, the Hindi term for a fan is 'pankha' (a derivative of "a feather" or "a bird's wing"). Pictorial evidence record that the Greekss, the Etruscans, and Romans used fans as cooling and ceremonial devices. In Greece, linen was stretched over a leaf-shaped frames. In Rome, gilded and painted wooden fans were used. Roman ladies throughout the empire used circular fans. Chinese sources link the fan with mythical and historical characters.
Asia
In China, screen fan were used throughout society. The earliest known Chinese fans are a pair of woven bamboo side-mounted fans from the second century BC. In ancient China, the symbol for a fan means 'a bird's wing' and appears to look like a wing. In modern China, the symbol for a fan, 'shan', means 'feathers under a roof'. The Chinese fixed fan, pien-mien, means 'to agitate the air'. The Japanese language symbol for a fan is related to birds. Fans entailed certian regulations of societal norms for the Chinese people. A particular status would accorded a specific type of fan to an individual, either male or female. The first folding fans were developed in medieval Japan and China. The folding fan was invented in Japan and taken to China in the 9th century. The Akomeogi (or Japanese folding fan; 衵扇; Hiôgi) originated in the sixth century. These were fans held by aristocrats of the Heian period when formally dressed. They were made by tying thin stripes of hinoki (or Japanese cypress) together with thread. The number of strips of wood differed according to the person's rank. They are used today by Shinto priests in formal costume and are brightly painted. The Chinese dancing fan was developed in the seventh century. The Chinese form of the hand fan was a row of feathers mounted in the end of a handle. In China, the folding fan came into fashion during the Ming dynasty between the years of 1368 and 1644. The Mai Ogi (or Chinese dancing fan) has ten sticks and a thick paper mount showing the family crest. Chinese painters crafted many fan decoration designs. The slats, of ivory, bone, mica, mother of pearl, or tortoise shell, were carved and covered with paper or fabric. Folding fans have "montures" which are the sticks and guards. The leaves are usually painted by craftsman. Social significance was attached to the fan in the Far East. The management of the fan became a highly regarded feminine art. The function and employment of the fan reached its high point of social significance in Japan (the japanese even used fans as a weapon [called the tessen]).
Printed fan leaves and painted fans are done on a paper ground. The paper was originally hand made and display the characteristic watermarks. Machine made paper fans, introduced in the 19th century, are smoother with a even texture.
Europe
In Europe, during the Middle Ages, the presences of fans are absent. The West's earliest fan is a flabellum (or ceremonial fan) and it dates to the 6th century. Hand fans were reintroduced to Europe in the 13th century and 14th century. Fans from the Middle East were brought back by Crusaders. In the 15th century, Portuguese traders brought fans to Europe from China and Japan. Fans became generally popular. In the 1600s, the folding fan, introduced from China, became popular in Europe. In the 17th century and 18th century, fan reached a high degree of artistry and were being made throughout Europe. Folded fans of lace, silk, or parchment were decorated and painted by artists. Fans were imported from China by the East India Companies at this time, also. Around the middle 1700s, inventors started designing mechanically fans. Wind-up fans (similar to wind-up clocks) were popular in the 1700s. In the 19th century in the West, European fashion caused fan decoration and size to vary.
Mechanical development
The first recorded mechanical fan was the punkah fan used in the Middle East in the 1500s. It had a canvas covered frame that was suspended from the ceiling. Servants, known as punkah wallahs, pulled a rope connected to the frame to move the fan back and forth.
The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s introduced belt-driven fans powered by factory waterwheels. Attaching wooden or metal blades to shafts overhead that were used to drive the machinery, the first industrial fans were developed. When Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla introduced electrical power in the late 1800s and early 1900s for the public, the personal electrical fan was introduced. Between 1882 and 1886, Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler develops the two-bladed desk fan, a type of personal electric fan. It is commercially marketed by the American firm Crocker & Curtis. In 1882, Philip H. Diehl introduced the electric ceiling fan. Diehl is considered the father of the modern electric fans. In the late 1900s, Electric fans were used only in commercial establishments or in well-to-do households. Heat-convection fans fueled by alcohol, oil, or kerosene were common around the turn of the 20th century.
In the 1920s, Industrial advances allowed steel to be mass-produced in different shapes, bringing fan prices down and allowing more homeowners to afford them. In the 1930s, the first art deco fan was designed. Before this fan, called the Silver Swan, most household fans were fairly plain. In the 1950s, fans were manufactured in colors that were bright and eyecatching. Central air-conditioning in the 1960s brought an end to the golden age of electric fan. In the 1970s, Victorian-style ceiling fans became popular.
In the twentieth century, fans have become utilitarian following the social and economic trends of society. During the 2000s, fan aesthetics have have become a concern to fan buyers. The fan is part of everyday life in the Far East, Japan, and Spain (among other places).
Mechanical devices
Mechanically, a fan can be any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, and for ventilation. A fan can also be used for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air such as a fan blower or a fan wheel.
Mechanical revolving blade fans are put on the floor or a table, or hung from the ceiling, or are built into a window, wall, roof, chimney, etc., and also into instruments, e.g. a computer. They are also used to move air for cooling purposes, as in automotive engines and air-conditioning systems, and are driven by belts or by direct motor. Fans create a wind chill but do not lower temperatures directly.
Fans usually use electric power. Electric fans generally consist of a set of rotating blades that are placed in a protective housing that permits air to flow through it. The blades are rotated by an electric motor that is either AC-powered or battery-powered.
Types
Fans used in industry come in two main types, axial and centrifugal. The axial-flow fan have blades that force air to move parallel to the shaft about which the blades rotate. Axial fans blow air across the axis of the fan, linearly, hence their name. The centrifugal fan has a moving component (called an impeller) that consists of a central shaft about which a set of blades form a spiral pattern. Centrifugal fans blow air at right angles to the intake of the fan, and spin (centrifugally) the air outwards to the outlet. An impeller rotating, causing air to enter the fan near the shaft and moved perpendicularly from the shaft and out to the opening in the scroll-shaped fan casing. The action of a fan or blower causes pressures slightly above atmospheric, which are called Plenums.
Elements
Basic elements of most electrical mechanical fans include the fan blade, base, stator with armature and lead wires, blade guard, motor housing, oscillator gearbox, a badge, rotor, and oscillator shaft. The oscillator is a mechanism that motions the fan from side to side. The rotor goes inside a stator. Current comes through the lead wires and flows into the armature, which is a series of electromagnets. The rotor makes and breaks contacts turning on (or off) each of the electromagnets. These pull the rotor around. One end of the rotor is attached to the blade and the other is attached to the oscillator gearbox. The motor case joins to the gearbox to contain the rotor and stator. The oscillator shaft combines to the weighted base and the gearbox. A motor housing covers the oscillator mechanism. The blade guard joins to the motor case for safety. The badge is a logo nameplate. Electric fans are powered by standard electrical lines.
Electro-mechanical fans, among collectors, are rated according to their condition, size, age, the number of blades. Four-blade designs are the most common. Five-blade or six-blade designs are rare. The materials from which the componets are made of, such as brass, are important factors in fan desirability.
Ceiling Fan
A fan suspended from the ceiling of a room is a ceiling fan and usually have a light associated with them to replace any displaced light. These devices are in homes without central air conditioning, usually. Ceiling fan controls usually are one for speed (slow, medium, and fast), one for the light (on and off), and one for directional control of the fan blades (clockwise and counterclockwise). Ceiling fans can be used as a cooling device in warm months (pulling air up) and a heat transferer (pushing air down) in colder months.
Other
In a fan heater, a fan (or blower) blows cool air past a heating element, heating the air (forced convection). It has a fan wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (i.e., the fan blast) for forge purposes.
A fan is also a small vane or sail that is used to keep the large sail of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
See also: Turbine, Wind turbine, Windmill
Books
- Rhead, G. Wooliscroft. "The History of the Fan", Kegan Paul, 1910
- Irons, Neville John. "Fans of Imperial China". Kaiserreich Kunst Ltd, 1982.
- Irons, Neville John. "Fans of Imperial Japan". Kaiserreich Kunst Ltd, 1982.
- Armstrong, Nancy. "Book of Fans". Smithmark Publishing, 1984. ASIN 0831709529
- Armstrong, Nancy. "Fans", Souvenir Press, 1984
- Mayor, Susan. "Fans", Charles Letts, 1990
- Mayor, Susan. "The Letts Guide to Collecting Fans". Charles Letts, 1991.
- Alexander, Helene. "The Fan Museum", Third Millennium Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9540319-11
External Links
- Hand Fans
Antique Fans
- The Fans Site
- Tessen warrior fan
- International Fan Collectors Guild
- Fan Museum in Greenwich (ie: Greenwich, London)
- A Cool Breeze Hand Fans
- The Language of The Fan
Electric Fans
- Antique Fan Collectors Association
- Museum of the American Fan Collectors Association
- Darryl Hudson Antique Electric Fan
- Fanimation
- Matthews Fan Company
- Modern Fan Company
- Quorum International
- PAPST electrical equipment fans
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fan (implement)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Keen aficionados of any phenomenon such as authors, ideologies or fashions (fans) can collectively manifest as fandom. Fanss typically are interested in even minor details of the object of their fandom; this is what differentiates them from those with only casual interest. The objects of fandom are typically artistic, sporting or entertainment related. For example, it would not be usual to refer to an accountant who is really interested in the details of accounting to be a "fan" of accounting.A derogatory term for a member of fandom is "fanboy".
See in particular Science fiction fandom, Furry fandom
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fandom."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Science fiction fandom is, more or less, the people consciously interested in Science Fiction and in contact with people who share that interest. Fandom usually has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization. Fandom is large enough that it may be viewed as forming a subculture.Science fiction fandom started through the letter column of Hugo Gernsback's magazines. Not only did fans (also called "faans") write comments about the stories -- they sent their addresses, and Gernsback published them. Soon, fans were writing letters directly to each other, and meeting in person when they lived close together, or when one of them could manage a trip (travel was harder in the 1930s than it is today).
One of the things that science fiction fandom does is organize science fiction conventions. Some of the largest of these are the Worldcon and DragonCon.
Another major activity is writing for fanzines (see also science fiction fanzines). These amateur publications may or may not discuss science fiction, and are often traded rather than sold.
Many professional science fiction authors started their interest in science fiction as fans.
Fandom is responsible for a number of inventions, notably filk.
Fandom includes sub-sets of fans that are principally interested in a single writer or genre: so, for example, one could talk of 'Star Trek fandom' as an entity. (So much so, that they are better known as "Trekkers" (or "Trekkies") by the rest of fandom).
Science fiction fandom often overlaps with other similar interests, such as fantasy, role playing games and the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Notable figures in the history of fandom include:
- Forrest J. Ackerman
- Robert Bloch
- Ray Bradbury
- Charles Burbee
- John W. Campbell
- Terry Carr
- Russ Chauvenet
- Claude Degler
- Harlan Ellison
- Hugo Gernsback
- Dave Kyle
- Francis T. Laney
- Sam Moskovitz
- Sam J. Lundvall
- Tom Reamy
- Bill Rotsler
- Art Saha
- Takumi Shibano
- Bob Shaw
- Bjo Trimble
- Bob Tucker
- Harry Warner Jr
- Walt Willis
- Donald A. Wollheim
- Ben Yalow
- Tom Ölander
See also:
- Fanboy
- First Fandom
- The Futurians
- Furry fandom
- International fandom
- Sverifandom (Sweden)
External links
- http://www.fanac.org/
- Open Directory category: Fandom
- The Fanac fan history project
- Who's Who in SF Fandom
- THEN: A History of UK Fandom 1930-80 by Rob Hansen
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Science fiction fandom."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FAN | English | Forecasting and assessment network | N/A |
FAN | French | Force aéromotrice naturelle | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FanSynonyms: afficionado (n), buff (n), devotee (n), lover (n), sports fan (n), winnow (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Verb: air, ventilate, fan. (wind). |
Amusement | Sportsman, gamester, reveler; master of ceremonies, master of revels; pompom girl; arbiter elegantiarum; arbiter bibendi, archer, fan, toxophilite, turfman. |
Impulse | Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug. |
Refreshment | Verb: brace; (strengthen); reinvigorate; air, freshen up, refresh, recruit; repair; (restore); fan, refocillate; refresh the inner man. |
Refrigeration | Verb: cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, |
Air conditioning, central air conditioning; air conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier. | |
Wind | Air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah; branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now Lina, you've been reading all those fan magazines again (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) I'm a Niners fan! (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) First let me get this out of the way; I'm a big fan. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) I bet you're a big Lee Marvin fan, aren't you (Reservoir Dogs; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino) I feel a very real sense that we ought to be wary of running any unsubstansiated stories if we're to avoid a feces and fan situation (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) | |
Lyrics | Why do you gotta keep the fan on high when its cold outside (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6) Buck's hot as cool, to see a fan when I'm on the spot (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) Every Musician's Fan After (Dirty Diana; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson) You're a fan again now I wanna know whose the man again (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) The window doesn't open and the fan is broke (Another One Rides The Bus; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Clever | Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. (references; author: unknown) You're trailer trash when your wife's hairdo was once ruined by a ceiling fan. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fan mai ren kou (1974) The Woman General Lihua Fan (1968) Fan ger ett anbud (1963) The Fan Letter (1963) Qing fan (1959) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA. |  | NSSL vehicle with wind speed & direction sensors, humidity sensor, and temperature unit with fan. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Brain coral and sea fan close-up. 1987 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Photo Contest entry. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Flamingo tongue snail on a sea fan close-up. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | A Regal Sea Fan. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Brain coral and a sea fan. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
 | Fresh air fan. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Scene in the ship's after cabin in 1886, when Captain Henry L. Howison was Commanding Officer. Probably photographed by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City. Note the fancy oil lamp above the table, pictures and other items on the chest of drawers, and Japanese fan and extensive book shelving on the bulkheads. The large set of identically-bound volumes on the top shelf at left is "The American Encyclopædia". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Barefoot boy with papers and fan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Girl holding a fan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Fan lights" by Kevin Hillabolt Commentary: "A cool picture taken of our ceiling fan. The lights were on, but the background turned dark." | "Fan" by Morgan Williams Commentary: "Eh a fan in my room. i was laying in bed and just taking random things." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Air conditioner being turned on and motorized fan begins to blow cool air. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. |
Matsuo Basho | My poetry is like a stove in the summer or a fan in the winter. It runs against the popular tastes and has no practical use. |
Thomas | Amusements are to religion like breezed of air to the flame, gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The electric fan in the corner waves its head slowly back and forth, sweeping the room with a warm breeze |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If smells bother you, try serving foods at room temperature, turning on a kitchen fan, covering foods when cooking, and cooking outdoors in good weather. (references) | |
Business | Since the raid the police assigned an official to live across the hall from Fan and to monitor his activities. (references) | |
Prior to the incident Bishop Fan had been conducting mass for hundreds of underground followers in his apartment. (references) | ||
The plants will be located in the middle of the wheels, and distribution lines will fan out, like the spokes, to individual users. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | Underground Catholic Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang of Shanghai remained under surveillance and often had his movements restricted. (references) |
Economic History | Brazil | Products imported from the United States include kitchen accessories and tools, towel heaters, security and surveillance systems, toilet fan systems, smoke detectors, fire resistant doors, air conditioning systems, silverware, china, cleaning carts and accessories, as well as laundry and dry cleaning equipment. (references) |
Human Rights | Ghana | On November 6, an official Commission of Inquiry concluded that the police overreacted to fan vandalism and bore primary responsibility for the incident; the Commission also cited negligence by the National Sports Council and the poor design of the stadium's stairwells. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gotham Chopra | You know, I know you're a big Orioles fan. I'm the biggest Red Sox fan, and nothing stresses me out when the Sox go on. |
Mike Medavoy | Well, Woody knows this, I mean, I'm a big fan of Woody's. I think he's unique. You know, it's just a great American filmmaker. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Fan" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.36% of the time. "Fan" is used about 1,428 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.36% | 1,334 | 5,953 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.71% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.52% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.42% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,428 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fan | Last name | 1,000 | 9,705 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Fan Energy Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fan": aeolian fan ♦ alluvial fan ♦ attic fan ♦ auxiliary fan ♦ be a fan of ♦ be fan ♦ bifurcated fan ♦ ceiling fan ♦ centred fan ♦ circulating fan ♦ control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ desk fan ♦ electric fan ♦ Exhaust fan ♦ extractor fan ♦ fan antenna ♦ fan apex ♦ fan belt ♦ fan blade ♦ Fan blower ♦ fan camera photography ♦ fan cameras ♦ fan club ♦ fan corals ♦ fan cricket ♦ fan cut ♦ fan dance ♦ fan fern ♦ fan heater ♦ fan house ♦ fan leaf ♦ Fan light ♦ fan mail ♦ fan marker beacon ♦ fan oneself ♦ fan out ♦ fan palm ♦ fan photography ♦ fan shell ♦ fan the fire ♦ fan the flame ♦ fan the flames ♦ fan the flames of ♦ fan total pressure ♦ Fan tracery ♦ Fan training ♦ Fan vaulting ♦ fan ventilating pressure ♦ Fan wheel ♦ Fan window ♦ film fan ♦ floor fan ♦ football fan ♦ induced draft fan ♦ induced draught fan ♦ kitchen fan ♦ miniature fan palm ♦ mycelial fan ♦ rotary fan ♦ sea fan ♦ secondary fan ♦ skirting fan convector ♦ sports fan ♦ table fan ♦ tangential fan ♦ To make fan of ♦ Venus's fan ♦ wall fan ♦ wind turbine fan. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fan": fan-assisted, fan-bashing, fan-belt, fan-belts, fan-blade, fan-club, fan-cluib, fan-cooled, fan-draught, fan-fare, fan-faulting, Fan-feredin, fan-flower, fan-folded, fan-in, fan-in-fin, fan-leaf, fan-letter, fan-light, fan-lights, fan-like, fan-mail, fan-maker, Fan-nerved, fan-out, fan-pad, fan-shaped, fan-tail, fan-tailed, Fan-tan, fan-tastic, fan-trained, fan-vaulted, fan-vaulting, fan-war, fan-wise. | |
Ending with "fan": fire-fan, inverted-fan, Lear-fan, leeds-fan, Llyn-y-fan, Lu-fan, Mac-fan, mini-fan, non-fan, sports-fan, suction-fan, tail-fan, turbo-fan, vacuum-fan, wei-fan. | |
Containing "fan": ducted-fan engine, football-fan-free. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ceiling fan | 5,277 | jag fan fiction | 367 |
fan fiction | 4,127 | adult fan fiction | 357 |
fan | 2,925 | cpu fan | 336 |
hunter fan | 1,318 | cooling fan | 328 |
harry potter fan fiction | 1,215 | harry potter fan site | 296 |
hunter ceiling fan | 1,006 | fan page | 288 |
whole house fan | 769 | industrial fan | 274 |
attic fan | 753 | sailor moon fan fiction | 271 |
fan fiction inuyasha | 702 | b2k fan fiction | 257 |
hetero hand job fan club | 700 | electric fan | 253 |
hampton bay fan | 588 | outdoor ceiling fan | 251 |
casablanca fan | 581 | casablanca ceiling fan | 247 |
window fan | 564 | harry potter fan club | 233 |
hampton bay ceiling fan | 533 | backstreet boy fan fiction | 227 |
exhaust fan | 507 | charlotte fan fiction good | 223 |
fan fiction on the net | 471 | paper fan | 216 |
fan fair | 420 | fan art | 215 |
n sync fan fiction | 400 | fan 590 | 208 |
fan club | 398 | misting fan | 206 |
harry potter fan art | 376 | anime fan art | 199 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aanblaas (blow). (various references) | |
Albanian | freskore (ventilator), vrah, ventilator (blower, fanner, ventilator), tifoz (buff, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fanatic, keen, lover), tagar (winnow), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), erashkë, bëj fresk, admirues (admirer, aficionado, worshipper). (various references) | |
Arabic | متحمس ل, معجب (reverent), مروحة (propeller, screw, ventilator), مشجع (emboldening, encouraging, heartening, hopeful, propitious, sanguine, supporter), هوى (aerate, air, fantasy, freak, inclination, love, passion, phantasy, sentiment, vagary, whim), هاو (amateur, amateurish, collector, dabbler, dabbling, devotee, non-professional, unprofessional), نفخ على, لملع برياضة معينة, تحرك كالمروحة, ذرى (atomize, pitchfork, winnow), المروحة (propeller), إنتشر (be widespread, catch on, circulate, deploy, diffuse, emit, extend, fall out, flow, mushroom, outspread, percolate, permeate, pervade, prevail, propagate, radiate, reproduce, resound, run, send forth, suffuse, swarm, transpire, unfold, unroll), أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), روح (circulate, ghost, life, pneuma, psyche, shade, soul, spirit). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | развявам леко, разпервам се, раздухвам (blow, instigate, key up, quicken, rake up, stir up), веялка (fanner), ветрилообразен свод, ветрило (web), вея си, вея (blow, flaunt, flirt, puff, winnow), вентилатор (blower, blowhole, rotary fan, ventilator), отвявам (blow, blow away, blow off, winnow), запалянко (freak, hound, merchant, rooter), ентусиаст (aficionado, enthusiast), почитател (admirer, venerator, votary), повявам (begin to blow, whiffle), подклаждам (foment, light, refresh, spur on). (various references) | |
Catalan | ventilador (electric fan, ventilator). (various references) | |
Chinese | 风扇, 迷 (bewilder, confused, crazy about, enthusiast, lost), 箑 , 扇子 , 愛好者 (amateur, enthusiast, lover). (various references) | |
Czech | fanoušek (addict, buff, fiend), ventilátor (electric fan, suction-fan, vacuum-fan, ventilator), vìtrák (ventilator), vìjíř, ovívat, milovník (lover). (various references) | |
Danish | ventilator (electric fan, ventilator), blaeser (blower, blowing engine, mechanical blower, ventilator, wind blower), blæser (ventilator, wind generator, windmill), beluftningsapparat (ventilator). (various references) | |
Dutch | waaier (blower, curb, impeller, palmetto, rotor, ventilator, vlade of a rotor, wheel), aanzetten (abet, activate, attach, fire, fur, inspire, put on, put onto, sew, sew on, sharpen, start, stimulate, stir up, switch on, swotch on, turn on, urge), aanwakkeren (abet, agitate, encourage, excite, fire, freshen, impel, increase, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), aanvuren (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ventumilo, ventumi (aerate), plivigligi (fire, inspire, stimulate, stir up, urge on). (various references) | |
Finnish | viuhka, viskain (bailer), tuuletin (electric fan, ventilator), puhallin (blower, wind instrument), leyhytellä, löyhytellä. (various references) | |
French | ventilateur (suction fan), souffler sur. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanwakkereje (abet, fire, inspire, stimulate, stir up, urge). (various references) | |
German | ventilator (electric fan, ventilator), fächer (fans), lüfter (aerator, blower), gebläse (blower, booster, compressor, supercharger), fan (bigot, buff, supporter), fächeln (aerate). (various references) | |
Greek | ανεμιστήρας (blower, mechanical blower, ventilator, wind blower). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעריץ (admirer, adorer, aficionado, reverent), מאורר (airy, breezy, ventilated, ventilator), מניפה, לאורר (aerate, air, ventilate), לנופף במניפה, שוחר (friend, seeker, supporter), אוהד (adherent, follower, supporter, sympathetic, sympathizer), חובב (admirer, devotee, lover), חסיד (adherent, devotee, devout, follower, righteous, satellite, votary). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ventilátor (blower, ventilator), szurkoló (supporter), szellõzõ, szellőztető készülék (stench-pipe), rajongó (admirer, buff, ecstatic, enraptured, enthusiast, fanatic, fanatical, freak, groupie, infatuated), legyezõ, legyező, legyez (to fan), hûsít, gabonarosta (separator, winnower), drukker. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pecandu (addict, enthusiast, habitue, opium addict), mengipasi, mengapi (rouse, stir up, warm up), kipas angin, kipas. (various references) | |
Italian | ventilatore (ventilator), ammiratore (admirer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ファロー鹿 (fallow deer, fan club, fancy, fancy ball, fancy dress, fancy food, fancy goods, fancy store, fanfare, fan-jet, fan-out, fantastic, fantasy, feasibility study, feature, feed, feedback, feeder, feeding, feet, foot, foundation, fumble, fun, fun fair, function, function key, functor, fund, fund manager, fund trust, fundamental, fundamentals, funk, funky, phantom), 愛好者 (devotee, enthusiast, one who loves something), 団扇 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ファン (fun), うちわ (conservative, family circle, moderate, pigeon-toed, private matter, the inside), あいこうしゃ (devotee, enthusiast, one who loves something). (various references) | |
Korean | 홴. (various references) | |
Manx | thaagheyder, feayraghan (punkah), fasney (winnow). (various references) | |
Maya | walab. (various references) | |
Norwegian | vifte, rense (hull), kornrenser, beundrer. (various references) | |
Occitan | ventilador (ventilator), ventalh. (various references) | |
Papiamen | fèn (electric fan, ventilator), vèn (electric fan, ventilator). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ventilador (aerator, ventilator, ventpipe), ventoinha (blower, lapwing, vane). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | ventoinha. (various references) | |
Romanian | ventilator (ventilator), ventila (aerate, air, float, spread, ventilate), vânturãtoare (fanner), vântura (wander, winnow), stârni (arouse, cause, create, enkindle, excite, ferment, generate, hunt out, incite, induce, invite, kick up, kindle, pander to, pique, quicken, remove, rouse, spring, start, stir, tickle), scormoni (dig up, ferret, Grout, poke up, rake, ransack, rout, rummage, scan, scrutinize, search, stir up), evantai, aripã a unei mori de vânt, aripã (arm, dash-board, flipper, mudguard, paddle, pinion, sail, vane, wing), aprinde (animate, beacon, blush, enkindle, excite, fire, heat, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, redden, rot, shine, strike), amator de sport, admirator al unei persoane, aţâţa (abet, blood, brighten, flush, foment, incite, inflame, instigate, mend, quicken, tempt, whet). (various references) | |
Russian | энтузиаст (devotee, enthusiast), разжигать (fire, inflame, kindle, quicken, whip up), раздуть, веять (winnow), вентилятор (blower, ceiling fan, ventilator), веер, освежать (brush up, freshen, freshen up, refresh, renovate, rub up), обмахивать вентилятор;фанат, болельщик (aficionado, rooter), поклонник (admirer, adorer, beau, devotee, follower, idolater, suitor, wooer, worshiper, worshipper). (various references) | |
Scottish | geolan (a fan geulran), dallanach (a winnowing fan). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ventilator (extractor fan, ventilator), obožavatelj (admirer, diviner, follower), obožavalac (adorer, worshipper), navijač (booster, rooter, supporter), ljubitelj (aficionado, devotee, fancier, lover), lepeza, hladiti (cool, fan oneself). (various references) | |
Spanish | ventilador (blowhole, electric fan, ventilator, ventpipe), incitar (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, incite, inciter, inspire, instigate, provoke, put up, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, urge, urge on), entusiasta (addict, buff, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fiend, glowing, keen, nut, warm, zealous, zestful), animar (abet, animate, brighten up, brisk, buck up, cheer, embolden, encourage, enliven, fire, hearten, impel, inspire, inspirit, instigate, jazz, lift, liven, liven up, pep up, perk up, pull for, reman, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge, urge on), abanico (spectrum). (various references) | |
Swedish | fläkta (blow, stir), fläkt (air, blow, breath of air, breeth of air, breeze, fanner, puff, ventilator, waft, whiff, wind). (various references) | |
Tagalog | bentiladór (electric fan, ventilator). (various references) | |
Thai | แผ่ออกเป็นรูปพัด, เครื่องหว่านข้าว, พัดลม, พัด, กระพือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | fan, tahıl savurma makinesi, esmek (blow, breathe, fan out, set, whiffle), hasta (ailing, buff, case, client, diseased, fanatical, ill, in bad health, invalid, patient, poorly, sick, sufferer, under the weather, unsound, unwell, valetudinarian, valetudinary, weakly), hava vermek (aerate, give tone to, tone), havalandırmak (aerate, air, air-condition, chip, de-aerate, give smth. an airing, let some fresh air into, vent, ventilate, weather), hayran (admirer, devotee, enthusiast, follower, hanger-on, idolater, lover), körük (bellows, blower, pair of bellows), alevlendirmek (enkindle, inflame, kindle, rekindle), pervane (Miller, moth, prop, propeller, rotor), yelpazelenmek, tahıl savurmak, tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, ferment, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, sting, stir up, turn on, whet, whip up, wind up, work up), taraftar (adherent, advocate, favorable, favourable, follower, partisan, pro, side, supporter, sympathetic, sympathizer), vantilatör (airexhauster, blower, fanner, ventilator), yaba (fork, hayfork, prong, winnow, wooden fork, wooden winnowing fork), yayılmak (be out at grass, be rife, branch, circulate, diffuse, disperse, effuse, emanate, expand, fan out, get about, get around, get round, go, grow rife, loll, lounge, mushroom, outstretch, overspread, permeate, pervade, ramble, ramp, resound, scatter, splay, sprawl, spread, spread oneself, spread out, stretch, unfold), yelpaze, yelpaze şeklinde açılmak (fan out), körüklemek (blow, blow with bellows, embitter, instigate, rush up, wake, waken, work up). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яelpemek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | віяло (whisker), вентилятор (air blast, blower, spiracle, ventilator), обмахувати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người say mê (devotee, enthusiast), người hâm mộ (admirer, adorer, devotee), cái quạt cái quạt lúa đuổi chim. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwyntyll. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ventilabant, ventilabas, ventilabatis, ventilabimus, ventilabis, ventilabit, ventilabo, ventilabunt, ventilandum, ventilantium, ventilarem, ventilati, ventilatores, ventilatum, ventilatus, ventilaverunt, ventiles. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 3, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou to ptuon en th ceiri autou kai diakaqariei thn alwna autou kai sunaxei ton siton autou eiV thn apoqhkhn to de acuron katakausei puri asbestw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cuius ventilabrum in manu sua et permundabit aream suam et congregabit triticum suum in horreum paleas autem conburet igni inextinguibili |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hys hwæteon his bearn. þa chefu he forberneð onunadwæscendlice fyre. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whos wynewing cloth is in his hoond, and he shal fulli clense his corn flore, and shal gadere his whete in to his berne; but the chaffe he shal brenne with fier that mai not be quenchid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which hath also his fan in his hod and will pourge his floure and gadre ye wheet into his garner and will burne ye chaffe with vnquecheable fyre |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and gather his wheat into the granary; but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 3, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Ang iyang paliran anaa na sa iyang kamot; pagahinloan niya ang iyang giukan ug hiposon niya ang iyang trigo ngadto sa dapa, apan ang mga uhot iyang pagasunogon sa kalayo nga dili arang mapalong." |
| Croatian | U ruci mu vijaèa, proèistit æe svoje gumno i skupiti žito u svoju žitnicu, a pljevu spaliti ognjem neugasivim." |
| Danish | Hans Kasteskovl er i hans Hånd, og han skal gennemrense sin Lo og samle sin Hvede i Laden; men Avnerne skal han opbrænde med uslukkelig Ild." |
| Dutch | Wiens wan in Zijn hand is, en Hij zal Zijn dorsvloer doorzuiveren, en Zijn tarwe in Zijn schuur samenbrengen, en zal het kaf met onuitblusselijk vuur verbranden. |
| Finnish | Hänellä on viskimensä kädessään, ja hän puhdistaa puimatanterensa ja kokoaa nisunsa aittaan, mutta ruumenet hän polttaa sammumattomassa tulessa." |
| French | Il a son van à la main; il nettoiera son aire, et il amassera son blé dans le grenier, mais il brûlera la paille dans un feu qui ne s`éteint point. |
| German | Und er hat seine Wurfschaufel in der Hand: er wird seine Tenne fegen und den Weizen in seine Scheune sammeln; aber die Spreu wird er verbrennen mit ewigem Feuer. |
| Haitian Creole | Li gen laye l' nan men li. L'ap vannen tout grenn ki sou glasi a. La ranmase grenn ki bon yo, la mete yo nan galata li; men, l'ap boule pay la nan yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di tangan-Nya ada nyiru untuk menampi semua gandum-Nya sampai bersih. Gandum akan dikumpulkan-Nya di dalam lumbung, tetapi semua sekam akan dibakar-Nya di dalam api yang tidak bisa padam." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Nyirunya ada di dalam tangan-Nya; maka Ia akan membersihkan segenap tempat pengiriknya, lalu Ia mengumpulkan gandumnya masuk ke dalam lumbung, tetapi sekamnya akan habis dibakar-Nya dengan api yang tiada dapat dipadamkan." |
| Italian | Egli ha in mano il ventilabro, pulirà la sua aia e raccoglierà il suo grano nel granaio, ma brucerà la pula con un fuoco inestinguibile». |
| Manx Gaelic | Ta'n cleayst echey ayns e laue, as nee eh dy bollagh e laare-vooie y ghlenney, as gowee eh e churnaght stiagh ayns e hie-tashtee: agh loshtee eh yn choau lesh aile nagh bee er ny vooghey. |
| Maori | Ko tana mea tahi kei tona ringa, a e tino tahia e ia tana patunga witi, a e kohia ana witi ki roto ki te whare witi; tena ko te papapa e tahuna ki te kapura e kore e tineia. |
| Norwegian | han har sin kasteskovl i sin hånd, og han skal rense sin låve og samle sin hvete i laden, men agnene skal han brenne op med uslukkelig ild. |
| Portuguese | A sua pá ele tem na mão, e limpará bem a sua eira; recolherá o seu trigo ao celeiro, mas queimará a palha em fogo inextinguível. |
| Rumanian | Acela Kwi are lopata kn mknq, Kwi va curqyi cu desqvkrwire aria, wi Kwi va strknge grkul kn grknar; dar pleava o va arde kntr`un foc care nu se stinge.`` |
| Russian | МПРБФБ еЗП Ч ТХЛЕ еЗП, Й пО ПЮЙУФЙФ ЗХНОП уЧПЕ Й УПВЕТЕФ РЫЕОЙГХ уЧПА Ч ЦЙФОЙГХ, Б УПМПНХ УПЦЦЕФ ПЗОЕН ОЕХЗБУЙНЩН. |
| Shuar | Aruusa nerejai Túruinia aintsan átatui. Awajtiutairin achikiuiti tura nujai saepen awajtittiawai. Tura neren pénker ikiustatui, antsu saepenka jinium apeattawai. Nu jisha tuke kajinchaiti." Tu Tímiayi Juan. |
| Spanish | Su aventador está en su mano, y limpiará su era. Recogerá su trigo en el granero y quemará la paja en el fuego que nunca se apagará." |
| Swahili | Yeye anashika mkononi chombo cha kupuria nafaka, ili aipure nafaka yake; akusanye ngano ghalani, na makapi ayachome kwa moto usiozimika." ic |
| Swedish | Han har sin kastskovel i handen, och han skall noga rensa sin loge och samla in sitt vete i ladan; men agnarna skall han bränna upp i en eld som icke utsläckes." |
| Uma | Hi'a ma'ala rarapai' -ki tauna to mpowiri' pae. Nagaa' pae to mo'ihi ngkai to lopa' -na duu' -na me'itu'. Pae to mo'ihi napuna' hi rala wilulu, pai' to lopa' -na nasuwe hi rala apu to jela' ncuu duu' kahae-hae-na." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fan": fanatic, fanatical, fanatically, fanaticalness, fanaticalnesses, fanaticism, fanaticisms, fanaticize, fanaticized, fanaticizes, fanaticizing, fanatics, fancied, fancier, fanciers, fancies, fanciest, fancified, fancifies, fanciful, fancifully, fancifulness, fancifulnesses, fancify, fancifying, fancily, fanciness, fancinesses, fancy, fancying, fancywork, fancyworks, fandango, fandangos, fandom, fandoms, fane, fanega, fanegada, fanegadas, fanegas, fanes, fanfare, fanfares, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfaronades, fanfarons, fanfold, fanfolded, fanfolding. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fan": busulfan, endosulfan, nonfan, superfan, tailfan, turbofan. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fan": bouffant, bouffants, busulfans, defang, defanged, defanging, defangs, endosulfans, firefang, firefanged, firefanging, firefangs, gonfanon, gonfanons, infancies, infancy, infant, infanta, infantas, infante, infantes, infanticidal, infanticide, infanticides, infantile, infantilism, infantilisms, infantilities, infantility, infantilization, infantilizations, infantilize, infantilized, infantilizes, infantilizing, infantine, infantries, infantry, infantryman, infantrymen, infants, newfangled, newfangledness, newfanglednesses, nonfans, oldfangled, profanation, profanations, profanatory, profane, profaned. (additional references) | |
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"Fan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: af, afan, afen, afin, Afn, Afne, afon, afv, efan, Efna, faa, faak, Faam, faav, faaw, faf, fah, fahn, fai, faj, fak, fam, famn, fana, Fani, fank, fann, fano, fanp, fant, fanx, fany, fanz, fapn, faq, Farn, fau, fav, faw, fayn, faz, fazn, fca, fcan, fean, Fehn, Fejn, fenn, feno, fenv, ffank, Fga, fha, fian, flann, fln, Fma, fnar, Foan, fonn, fran, franj, franq, frn, fsa, ftan, fuhn, funn, Fwa, fyn, Ifano, kfa, nfha, pfan, Qan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fan" (pronounced fa"n) |
| 2 | -a" n | an, ban, began, bran, can, catamaran, clan, cyan, divan, flan, Gan, gran, harmattan, Harpin, Japan, liane, man, minivan, Moulin, nan, overran, pan, plan, ran, rattan, Saran, scan, sedan, span, tan, than, Van. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-n" | |
-1 letter: an, fa, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-n" | |
+1 letter: fain, fane, fang, fano, fans, faun, fawn, flan, naif. | |
+2 letters: faena, fagin, faint, fancy, fanes, fanga, fangs, fanny, fanon, fanos, fanum, fauna, fauns, fawns, fawny, final, flank, flans, franc, frank, frena, furan, ganef, ganof, infra, kenaf, naifs, snafu. | |
+3 letters: affine, afghan, caftan, canful, confab, deafen, defang, enface, facing, fadein, fading, faenas, fagins, fainer, faints, faking, falcon, fallen, famine, faming, fandom, fanega, fangas, fanged, fanion, fanjet, fanned, fanner, fanons, fantod, fantom, fanums, farina, faring, fasten, fating, fatten, faunae, faunal, faunas, fawned, fawner, faxing, faying, fazing, fiance, finale, finals, finial, firman, flacon, flagon, flamen, flanes, flange, flanks, flaunt, flavin, flaxen, flyman, foeman, fontal, fraena, francs, franks, frypan, fungal, funkia, furane, furans, fusain, ganefs, ganofs, infall, infamy, infant, infare, kaftan, kenafs, manful, nazify, nonfan, nonfat, panfry, panful, snafus, unfair, unsafe. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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