chan

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æn

Clipping of channel.

chan (plural chans)

1. (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
   • 1997, Dominic Donegan, “Is there a #nethack chan on IRC?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

     I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something?

   • 1999, Jonny Durango, “IMPORTANT NEWS FOR AHM IRC CHAN!!!”, in alt.hackers.malicious (Usenet):

     If you don't have your password set within a week I'll remove you from the userlist and I'll add you again next time I see you in the chan and make sure you set a pass.

From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.

chan (plural chans)

1. (Internet, informal) An imageboard.

   more niche chans

• -chan

• Cahn, Ch*na

From French champ.

chan

1. free space; open land

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

chan

1. snake

• kan
• ⟨𝋤⟩

chan

1. four

• chá, chao

From Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin plānum. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/

chan m (plural chans)

1. floor

   Synonym: solo

2. ground

   Synonym: solo

3. (geography) plateau

chan (feminine chá, masculine plural chans, feminine plural chás)

1. level; flat
2. plain

• Chá
• Chan
• Chao
• Chaodarcas
• Chaos

• chaira
• chaela
• chancela
• chanzo
• chelo
• Chelo
• Chenlo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chão”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chan”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chan”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

• (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu) IPA^(key):
• (before e, i, fhe, fhi) IPA^(key):

chan

1. (Ulster) not

   Chan ólann sé. ― He does not drink.

   Chan fhanann sé. ― He will not wait.

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.

• ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)

• cha (used before a consonant)
• char (used with the past tense)

• IPA^(key):

chan

1. past analytic of can

• chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
• chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• canadh (autonomous)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “chan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

chan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃん

chan m (Latin spelling)

1. bell

chan

1. Nonstandard spelling of chān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chàn.

• 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.

chan

1. vagina

• Nafaanra Dictionary

Deverbal of chantar.

chan m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural chan)

1. song

• chantador
• chantar
• chanso
• chansoneta
• enchantar
• enchantamen

From Proto-Nahuan *chaːn-. Compare Classical Nahuatl chāntli (“home”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaŋ/

-chan

1. at or to one's home or house

   Tiajket ka nuchan pal titakwat

   We went to my house to eat

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han, “prince, lord”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: chan

chan m pers

1. khan (ruler)

• chan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English chan.

chan m (plural chans)

1. (Internet) chan, imageboard

• channer

• chaun (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter)
• tgaun (Sursilvan)
• tgàn (Sutsilvan)
• tgang (Surmiran)

From Latin canis, canem.

chan m (plural chans)

1. (Vallader) (male) dog

• (sex): chagna

From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish chan and Manx chan.

• (obsolete) cha'n

• IPA^(key): /xan̪ˠ/ (before a back vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /xaɲ/ (before a front vowel sound)
• Hyphenation: chan

chan

1. Form of cha used before vowels and fh-

   Chan fhaca mi i. ― I haven't seen her.

   Chan eil mi fuar. ― I am not cold.

   An t-aran, chan ùr e. ― The bread, it's not fresh.

• IPA^(key): /xan/

chan

1. inflection of can:
   1. negative dependent future
   2. past (rare, usually thuirt)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cha, cha’n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 81
• Colin Mark (2003) “chan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 129

From Classical Nahuatl chian, obsolete spelling of chiyan (“chia”). This is the same source as chía, which lost the final n in Mexican dialects.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: chan

chan m (plural chanes)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Alternative form of chía
   • 2002, Rodrigo Crespo A., Comiendo pura vida, page 135:

     Los aderezos de semillas y nueces se preparan licuando semillas remojadas de linaza, girasol, chan...

     Seasonings from seeds and nuts are prepared by blending soaked linseed, sunflower seeds, chia seeds...

• Ayerca, Ricardo & Coates, Wayne (2005: Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs, p. 64

• “chan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

chan

1. snake

chan

1. (transitive) to learn

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

chan • (滇, 𬉌)

1. to pour sauce, soup or broth over solid food

   chan canh/mắm ― to pour broth/nước mắm

• chan chứa
• chan hoà

chan

1. Aspirate mutation of can.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃan/

chan

1. small

   Synonyms: chichan; mejen