You can make 4 words from fan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of fan
fan afn fna nfa anf naf
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fan. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fan.
Definitions and meaning of fan
fan
Translingual
Symbol
fan
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fang (Bantu).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fæn/
(æ-tensing) IPA(key): [fɛən], [feən], [fɛːn]
Rhymes: -æn
Homophones: faan, fanne
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishfan, from Old Englishfann(“a winnowing, fan”), from Latinvannus(“fan for winnowing grain”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-(“to blow”). Cognate with
Latinventus(“wind”), Dutchwan(“fan”), GermanWanne(“winnowing basket”), Swedishvanna(“a fan for winnowing”), Old Englishwindwian(“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.
Noun
fan (pluralfans)
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 or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
(mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fan (third-person singular simple presentfans, present participlefanning, simple past and past participlefanned)
(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.
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
(intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
(transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
(firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
(figurative) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
To winnow grain.
(rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
(baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
(baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
Derived terms
Related terms
(to firing a revolver by holding trigger and hitting hammer) thumbing
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of fanatic, originally in US baseball slang. Possibly influenced by fancy(“group of sport or hobby enthusiasts”), i.e. fancy boy(“fan”).
Noun
fan (pluralfansorfen)
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
Usage notes
The plural fen is only used within science fiction fandom. See fen, etymology 3, for more information.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:fan
Antonyms
anti-fan
hater
Hyponyms
See Category:en:Fans (people), for names of different fans or members of fan subcultures.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
References
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, 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)”
Etymology 3
From Cantonese分. Doublet of fen and hoon.
Noun
fan (plural not attested)
(Hong Kong, dated) A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.
See also
Anagrams
AFN, ANF, FNA, NAF, NFA
Bambara
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [fã˦ã˨]
Etymology 1
Noun
fan
egg
Etymology 2
Noun
fan
direction, side
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Catalan
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -an
Verb
fan
third-person plural present indicative of fer
Chibcha
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /βan/
Noun
fan
Alternative form of ban
References
Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.
Chuukese
Noun
fan
church (building)
Ka mochen fiti fan? ― Do you want to attend church?
time (instance or occurrence)
Preposition
fan
under
Cimbrian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Preposition
fan(Sette Comuni)
on
au fan tiss ― on the table (literally, “up on table”)
in
übar fan Ròan ― in Canove (literally, “over in Canove”)
Usage notes
Often used in conjunction with adverbs, such as au(“up”), übar(“over”), abe(“down”).
References
“fan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishfan.
Pronunciation
(Belgium) IPA(key): /fɑn/
(Netherlands) IPA(key): /fɛn/
Noun
fanm (pluralfans, diminutivefannetjen)
fan (admirer)
Synonyms
aanhanger
bewonderaar
supporter
Finnish
Etymology
From Englishfan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfɑn/, [ˈfɑ̝n]
IPA(key): /ˈfæn/, [ˈfæn]
Rhymes: -ɑn
Syllabification(key): fan
Noun
fan
fan, admirer, aficionado
Declension
Synonyms
fani
Further reading
“fan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fan/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishfan, 1920s.
Noun
fanm or f by sense (pluralfans)
fan(admirer, supporter)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishfan.
Noun
fanf (pluralfans)
(Canada)fan(ventilator)
Further reading
“fan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latinfamēs.
Noun
fanf
hunger
Related terms
famâ
Galician
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishfan.
Noun
fanm or f by sense (pluralfans)
fan(admirer or aficionado)
Related terms
fanático
fanatismo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fan
third-person plural present indicative of facer
Further reading
“fan” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Gothic
Romanization
fan
Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌽
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɒn]
Hyphenation: fan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric*puna(“hair”). Possibly a doublet of pina.
Noun
fan (pluralfanok)
(obsolete) pubis
Synonyms:(the region)szeméremtájék, (the bone)szeméremcsont, (mons pubis)szeméremdomb
(obsolete) pubic hair
Synonyms:szeméremszőrzet, fanszőrzet
Usage notes
Today it is used only in compounds.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Englishfan.
Noun
fan (pluralfanok)
(neologism, colloquial)fan(a person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport)
Synonym:rajongó
Declension
References
Further reading
(pubis; admirer, aficionado): fan in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
(pubis): fan , mostly redirecting to fanszőr in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
(pubis): fan in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
(pubis): fan at A Pallas nagy lexikona, Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt., Budapest, 1897
(pubis): László Országh, Magyar–angol szótár (“Hungarian–English Dictionary”), Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1977
Indonesian
Etymology
From Englishfan(“a person who is fond of something or someone”), clipping of fanatic.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɛn]
Hyphenation: fan
Noun
fan (first-person possessivefanku, second-person possessivefanmu, third-person possessivefannya)
fan: a person who is fond of something or someone.
Synonyms:pengagum, penggemar
fan device
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“fan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irishfanaid, from Old Irishanaid(“to stay, remain, abide”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fˠanˠ/
Verb
fan (present analyticfanann, future analyticfanfaidh, verbal nounfanacht, past participlefanta)
to wait
to stay
Conjugation
Mutation
Istriot
Etymology
From Latinfāmes.
Noun
fan
hunger
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishfan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfan/, /ˈfɛn/
Rhymes: -an, -ɛn
Hyphenation: fàn
Noun
fanm or f by sense (pluralfans)
fan (admirer or follower)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfan/
Rhymes: -an
Hyphenation: fàn
Verb
fan
Apocopic form of fanno
References
Japanese
Romanization
fan
Rōmaji transcription of ファン
Kanuri
Verb
fàn+
hear
understand
feel
Mandarin
Romanization
fan
Nonstandard spelling of fān.
Nonstandard spelling of fán.
Nonstandard spelling of fǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of fàn.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishfann, from Latinvannus. Forms in v- are due to a combination of Southern Middle English voicing of initial fricatives and influence from the ultimate Latin etymon.
Alternative forms
fanne, ffanne, vanne
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fan/, /van/
Noun
fan (pluralfannes)
A mechanism or device for removing chaff from grain (i.e. winnowing).
A training or practice shield manufactured out of twigs or wickerwork.
(rare) A fan; a device for blowing air as to cool.
Descendants
English: fan, van
Scots: fan
References
“fan(ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-31.
Etymology 2
Verb
fan
Alternative form of fannen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishfan, where it was a clipping of fanatic.
“fan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Late Old Norsefendinn, perhaps from Old Frisianfandiand, present participle of fandia(“tempt”), from Proto-Germanic*fandōną(“seek, search for, examine”). Cognate with Danishfanden and Norwegian Bokmålfaen.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /faːn/, /ˈfaːˌa(ː)n/
Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
fanc
the devil, Satan
(offensive, vulgar) a bastard, a motherfucker
Synonym:jävel
Usage notes
Traditionally not capitalized.
References
On capitalization, from TT
Interjection
fan
(swear word, sometimes followed by också or preceded by va or vad) damn (referring to the devil)
Adverb
fan (not comparable)
(swear word)A (positive or negative) intensifier.
Usage notes
Closer to English fuck than damn in offensiveness.
Often said with a doubly emphasized A for emphasis, like "fa-an."
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishfan, short for fanatic, related to the Swedish words fanatisk and fanatiker.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛːn/
Rhymes: -ɛːn
Homophone: fän
Noun
fanc or n
a fan (admirer)
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Low Germanfan, used since 1772, closely related to Swedish fana(“flag”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
fann
a vane, a web (part of the anatomy of a bird's feather)
Declension
References
fan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
fan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
fan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tboli
Noun
fan
bait
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabicفَنّ(fann).
Noun
fan (pluralfanlar)
science
Synonyms
ilm
Welsh
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /van/
Rhymes: -an
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishvan.
Noun
fanf (pluralfaniau, not mutable)
van
Etymology 2
Noun
fan
Soft mutation of man.
Etymology 3
Noun
fan
Soft mutation of ban.
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Mutation
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisianfon, from Proto-Germanic*fanē.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɔn/
Preposition
fan
from
of
Further reading
“fan (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Alternative forms
van, phen
Etymology
From Middle Englishwhanne, from Old Englishhwonne, from Proto-West Germanic*hwannā.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɸan/, /van/, /ɸɛn/
Adverb
fan
when
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39