Fan

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English

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Etymology 1

Old English fann, from the Latin vannus, âfan for winnowing grainâ.

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Noun

Fan (plural Fans)

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.
An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacockâs tail.

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Derived terms

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Translations

hand-held device

Chinese: é£æ (fÄngshÃ n)
Finnish: viuhka
French: Ã©ventail m.
German: FÃ¤cher m.
Interlingua: flabello
Italian: ventaglio m.

Latvian: vÄdeklis m.
Portuguese: ventarola f.
Rohingya: fangkÃ¡
Russian: Ð²ÐµÐµÑ (vÃ©jer) m.
Swedish: solfjÃ¤der c.

electrical device

Chinese: çµé£æ (diÃ n fÄng shÃ n)
Finnish: tuuletin, puhallin
French: ventilateur m.
German: Ventilator m., GeblÃ¤se n., LÃ¼fter m.
Interlingua: ventilator (electrical fan)
Italian: ventilatore m.

Latvian: ventilators m.
Polish: wentylator m.
Portuguese: ventilador m.
Russian: Ð²ÐµÐ½ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑÑÐ¾Ñ (ventilÃ¡tor) m.
Swedish: flÃ¤kt c.

anything resembling a hand-held fan

Chinese: æ (shÃ n)
Finnish: viuhka, kaari, pyrstÃ¶ (peacock's tail)
German: FÃ¤cher m.

Portuguese: leque m., abano m., abanico m., flabelo m.
Russian: Ð²ÐµÐµÑ (vÃ©jer) m.

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Bulgarian: Ð²ÐµÐ½ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð°ÑÐ¾Ñ (ventilÃ¡tor) m. (1), ÑÐµÐ½ (fen) m. (3), Ð¿ÑÐ¸Ð²ÑÑÐ¶ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðº (privÇrÅ¾enik) m. (3)
Danish: ventilator c. (1); vifte c. (2)
Dutch: waaier m. (1, 2), ventilator m. (1)
Interlingua: flabello (2)
Polish: wachlarz m. (1 manual, 2), wiatrak (1), wiatraczek (1 small)

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Transitive verb

to fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past fanned, past participle fanned)

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.

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Translations

blow air on by means of a fan

Danish: vifte
Finnish: tuulettaa, puhaltaa
German: ventilieren, belÃ¼ften, anfachen (fire, embers), anwehen
Interlingua: flabellar (with a hand-held fan), ventilar

Polish: wachlowaÄ (with a hand-held fan), wentylowaÄ, dmuchaÄ
Portuguese: abanar, flabelar (with a manual fan), ventilar
Swedish: flÃ¤kta (with manual fan)

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Intransitive verb

to fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past fanned, past participle fanned)

(usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.

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Translations

move or spread in multiple directions from one point

Danish: spredes i vifteform
Finnish: levitÃ¤, hajota
German: fÃ¤chern (fan), auffÃ¤chern (fan out)
Interlingua: irradiar se, propagar se

Polish: rozdmuchaÄ
Portuguese: espalhar-se
Swedish: breda ut sig i solfjÃ¤derform

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Etymology 2

Shortened from fanatic

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Noun

Fan (plural Fans)

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

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