fan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fan"

Translingual

Symbol

fan

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fang (Bantu).

English

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fæn/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(æ-tensing) IPA^(key): , ,
Rhymes: -æn
Homophones: faan, fanne

Etymology 1

Handheld fans.

An electrical fan.

A ceiling fan.

From Middle English fan, from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Latin ventus (“wind”), Dutch wan (“fan”), German Wanne (“winnowing basket”), Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”), Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.

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 or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- 1998, Brock Thoene, Bodie Thoene, A New Frontier: Saga of the Sierras, page 181:
  "If I cannot be of service, then I certainly don't wish to impose," said McGinty, with a quick fan of breeze that indicated a sweeping bow.
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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Isaiah 30:24:
  The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Matthew 3:12:
  Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.
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

Terms derived from fan (noun, etymology 1)

Translations

hand-held device

Afrikaans: reeks (af)
Albanian: erashkë (sq), freskore (sq) f
Arabic: مِرْوَحَة (ar) f (mirwaḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: مروحة f (marwaḥa)

South Levantine Arabic: مروحة f (marwaḥa)
Armenian: հովհար (hy) (hovhar)
Assamese: বিচনী (bisoni)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܠܦܘܼܟ f (yalpūk), ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ f (mapuḥtā)
Asturian: abanicu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yelpik
Baluchi: گواتو (gwátú)
Belarusian: ве́ер m (vjéjer)
Bulgarian: ветри́ло (bg) n (vetrílo)
Burmese: ယပ် (my) (yap)
Catalan: ventall (ca) m, vano (ca) m, palmito (ca) m
Cebuano: abaniko
Central Dusun: kikiap
Chamicuro: shkema
Chinese:
Cantonese: 扇 (sin³)

Hakka: 扇仔 (san-é)

Hokkien: 扇 (sìⁿ)

Mandarin: 扇子 (zh) (shànzi), 扇 (zh) (shàn)
Czech: vějíř (cs) m
Danish: vifte c
Dutch: waaier (nl) m
Esperanto: ventumilo
Estonian: lehvik
Finnish: viuhka (fi)
French: éventail (fr) m
Galician: abano (gl) m, abanico (gl) m
Georgian: მარაო (marao)
German: Fächer (de) m
Old High German: wintscūfla f
Greek: βεντάλια (el) f (ventália)
Ancient: ῥιπίς f (rhipís)
Guaraní: yvytu'apo
Hawaiian: peʻahi
Hebrew: מְנִיפָה (he) f (menifá)
Hiligaynon: abaníko
Hindi: पंखा (hi) m (paṅkhā)
Hungarian: legyező (hu)
Ibanag: affefec
Icelandic: blævængur (is) m, vifta (is) f
Indonesian: kipas (id)
Interlingua: flabello
Italian: ventaglio (it) m
Japanese: 扇子 (ja) (せんす, sensu)
Kapampangan: pamepe
Kazakh: желпуіш (jelpuış)
Khmer: ផ្លិត (km) (phlət)
Korean: 부채 (ko) (buchae)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: باوەشێن (ckb) (baweşên)
Kyrgyz: желпнигич (jelpnigic), веер (veyer)
Lao: ວີ (wī)
Latin: flābellum
Latvian: vēdeklis m
Lithuanian: vėduoklė f
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: ладало n (ladalo), лепе́за f (lepéza)
Malay: kipas (ms)
Malayalam: വിശറി (ml) (viśaṟi)
Maori: pōwaiwai, kōwhiuwhiu, kōwhiuwhiu, kōheuheu, tāwhiri (obsolete)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vifte (no) m or f
Old English: fann f, windsċofl f
Old Saxon: windskūfla f
Ottoman Turkish: یلپازه (yelpaze), بادزن (bâdzen)
Pali: tālavaṇṭa m or n, vijanī f
Pashto: پکه (ps) f (paka)
Persian:
Dari Persian: پَکَه دَسْتِی (paka dastī)

Iranian Persian: بادْبِزَن (fa) (bâdbezan), مِرْوَحِه (fa) (mervahe)
Polish: wachlarz (pl) m
Portuguese: leque (pt) m
Rohingya: fangká
Romagnol: vintàj m
Romanian: evantai (ro) n
Russian: ве́ер (ru) m (véjer)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепе́за f

Roman: lepéza (sh) f
Slovak: vejár m
Slovene: pahljača (sl) f
Spanish: abanico (es) m, abano (es) m
Swedish: solfjäder (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠈꠣ (faxá)
Tagalog: pamaypay (tl), abaniko (tl)
Tahitian: tāhiri, tāhirihiri
Tajik: бодбезак (bodbezak), бодбизан (bodbizan), мирваҳа (mirvaha)
Tamil: விசிறி (ta) (viciṟi)
Tarifit: taḥarraft f
Thai: พัด (th) (pát)
Tongan: ī
Turkish: yelpaze (tr)
Turkmen: ýelpavaaç, ýelpewaç
Ukrainian: ві́яло n (víjalo), вахля́р (uk) m (vaxljár)
Urdu: مِروَحَہ m (mirvaha), پَن٘کھا m (paṅkhā)
Uyghur: يەلپۈگۈچ (yelpügüch)
Uzbek: yelpigʻich (uz)
Vietnamese: quạt (vi), quạt tay
White Hmong: ntxoam
Zhuang: beiz, bingqbeiz, gaiqbeiz

electrical device

Albanian: freskore (sq) f, ventilator (sq) m
Arabic: مِرْوَحَة (ar) f (mirwaḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: مروحة f (marwaḥa)

Iraqi Arabic: بَنْكَة f

South Levantine Arabic: مروحة f (marwaḥa)
Armenian: հովհարիչ (hy) (hovharičʿ), օդափոխիչ (hy) (ōdapʿoxičʿ)
Assamese: ফেন (phen), বিচনী (bisoni)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܲܢܟܵܐ f (pankā), ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ f (mapuḥtā)
Azerbaijani: ventilyator, sərinkeş
Baluchi: گواتو (gwátú)
Belarusian: вентыля́тар m (vjentyljátar)
Bengali: ফ্যান (bn) (phên)
Bulgarian: вентила́тор (bg) m (ventilátor)
Burmese: ပန်ကာ (my) (panka), လေရဟတ် (my) (lera.hat)
Catalan: ventilador (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 風扇／风扇 (fung¹ sin³), 電風扇／电风扇 (din⁶ fung¹ sin³)

Hakka: 電扇／电扇 (thien-san)

Hokkien: 電風／电风 (zh-min-nan) (tiān-hong), 電扇／电扇 (tiān-sìⁿ)

Mandarin: 電風扇／电风扇 (zh) (diànfēngshàn), 電扇／电扇 (zh) (diànshàn), 風扇／风扇 (zh) (fēngshàn)
Czech: větrák (cs) m
Danish: ventilator c
Dutch: ventilator (nl) m
Esperanto: ventolilo
Estonian: ventilaator
Finnish: tuuletin (fi), puhallin (fi)
French: ventilateur (fr) m
Georgian: ვენტილატორი (venṭilaṭori)
German: Ventilator (de) m, Gebläse (de) n, Lüfter (de) m
Greek: ανεμιστήρας (el) m (anemistíras)
Guaraní: yvytu'apo
Gujarati: પંખો m (paṅkho)
Hawaiian: peʻahi uila
Hebrew: מאוורר \ מְאַוְרֵר (he) m (m'avrér), וֶנְטִילָטוֹר (he) m (ventilátor)
Hindi: पंखा (hi) m (paṅkhā)
Hungarian: ventilátor (hu)
Icelandic: vifta (is) f
Indonesian: kipas angin (id)
Interlingua: ventilator
Italian: ventilatore (it) m
Japanese: 扇風機 (ja) (せんぷうき, senpūki)
Kazakh: желдеткіш (jeldetkış), вентилятор (ventilätor)
Khmer: កង្ហារ (km) (kɑnghaa)
Korean: 선풍기(扇風機) (ko) (seonpunggi), 팬 (ko) (paen)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەروانە (perwane)

Northern Kurdish: pank (ku)
Kyrgyz: вентилятор (ky) (ventilyator), желпиме (jelpime)
Lao: ພັດລົມ (lo) (phat lom)
Latvian: ventilators m, fēns (lv) m
Lithuanian: ventiliatorius m
Macedonian: вентила́тор m (ventilátor)
Malay: kipas angin, elektrik (ms)
Malayalam: ഫാൻ (ml) (phāṉ), പങ്ക (ml) (paṅka)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сэнс (mn) (sens), цахилгаан сэнс (caxilgaan sens)

Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ (seŋse), ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ
ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ (čakilɣan seŋse)
Norman: êventail êlectrique m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vifte (no) m or f
Pali: vāyavaṃsa m, vijjuvījanī f
Pashto: پکه (ps) f (paka)
Persian:
Classical Persian: پَنْکَه (fa) (panka)

Dari Persian: پَکَه (paka)

Iranian Persian: فَن (fa) (fan), فَنِ اِلِکْتْریکی (fan-e elektriki), پَنْکِه (fa) (panke)
Polish: wentylator (pl) m, wiatrak (pl) m
Portuguese: ventoinha (pt) f, ventilador (pt) m
Romanian: ventilator (ro) n
Russian: вентиля́тор (ru) m (ventiljátor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вентѝла̄тор m

Roman: ventìlātor (sh) m
Sinhalese: විදුලි පංකාව (widuli paṁkāwa)
Slovak: ventilátor (sk) m
Slovene: ventilator m
Spanish: ventilador (es) m, abanico (es) m (Colombian Atlantic Coast, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Puerto Rico), abano (es) m
Swedish: fläkt (sv) c
Tagalog: bentilador
Tajik: вентилятор (ventilyator), бодкаш (bodkaš), ғуборкаш (ġuborkaš), ҳавотозакунак (havotozakunak)
Thai: พัดลม (th) (pát-lom)
Tibetan: གློག་བསྐུལ་རླུང་ཡབ (glog bskul rlung yab), གློག་གི་བསིལ་འཁོར (glog gi bsil 'khor)
Turkish: vantilatör (tr)
Turkmen: wentilýator, ýelpemek
Ukrainian: вентиля́тор (uk) m (ventyljátor)
Urdu: پَن٘کھا m (paṅkhā)
Uyghur: ۋىنتىلياتور (wintilyator), يەلپۈگۈچ (yelpügüch)
Uzbek: ventilyator (uz), yelpigʻich (uz)
Vietnamese: quạt (vi), quạt máy (vi)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

anything resembling a hand-held fan

Catalan: ventall (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扇 (zh) (shàn)
Czech: vějíř (cs) m
Danish: vifte c
Finnish: viuhka (fi), kaari (fi), pyrstö (fi) (peacock's tail)
Galician: abano (gl) m
German: Fächer (de) m
Hiligaynon: abaníko
Hungarian: legyező (hu)
Japanese: 扇 (ja) (おうぎ, ōgi)
Khmer: ផ្លិត (km) (phlət)
Macedonian: лепе́за f (lepéza)
Portuguese: leque (pt) m, abano (pt) m, abanico (pt) m, flabelo m
Russian: ве́ер (ru) m (véjer)
Thai: พัด (th) (pát)
Vietnamese: quạt (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} flabello (2)

Verb

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

(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.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: MacMillan and Co., published 1866, page 19:
  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.
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 148:
  Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.
(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.
I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
(firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- 2011, Hans-Christoan Vortisch, GURPS Tactical Shooting, page 14:
  To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.
(figurative) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- 1923, Arthur Symons, Love's Cruelty, page 43:
  She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.
To winnow grain.
- 1856, François Réal Angers Lelièvre, Lower Canada reports:
  By the first article, these fanning mills were appointed to be sent to the proprietors of the mills of Sault-à-la puce, Petit-Pré, Beauport, Pointe de Lévy, St. Nicolas and Ste. Famille in the isle of Orleans " to have all the wheat in general of whatever quality sent to these mills passed and fanned, before converting them into flour."
(rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.
(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

to blow air on by means of an electric fan

Assamese: বিচ (bis)
Bulgarian: вея (bg) (veja), отвявам (bg) (otvjavam)
Catalan: ventar (ca)
Finnish: tuulettaa (fi), puhaltaa (fi), leyhytellä (fi)
French: éventer (fr)
Georgian: დაბერვა (daberva)
German: ventilieren (de), belüften (de), anfachen (de) (fire, embers), anwehen, zufächern
Greek: αερίζω (el) (aerízo)
Hiligaynon: abaníko
Interlingua: ventilar
Khmer: បក់ (km) (bork)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: باوەشێن کردن (baweşên kirdin)
Latin: ventilo
Maori: tāwhiri (refers to fanning a fire), tōwhiri, pōwhiriwhiri, tōwhiriwhiri
Polish: wentylować, dmuchać (pl)
Portuguese: ventilar (pt)
Romanian: vântura (ro)
Russian: обдува́ть (ru) impf (obduvátʹ), овева́ть (ru) impf (ovevátʹ)
Spanish: ventilar (es)
Sylheti: ꠚꠣꠟꠣ (fála)
Tagalog: magbentilador
Vietnamese: quạt (vi)

to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan

Danish: vifte
Dutch: waaieren (nl)
Esperanto: ventumi (eo)
French: éventer (fr)
Galician: abanar (gl), abanicar (gl)
German: fächeln (de)
Hungarian: legyez (hu)
Ingrian: löyhyttää
Interlingua: flabellar
Manchu: ᡶᡠᠰᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fushembi)
Norwegian: vifte (no)
Ottoman Turkish: یلپازه‌لمك (yelpazelemek)
Polish: wachlować
Portuguese: abanar (pt), flabelar
Spanish: abanicar (es), abanar (es)
Swedish: fläkta (sv)
Tagalog: magpaypay
Turkish: yelpazelemek (tr)

to slap (a behind)

Finnish: taputtaa (fi), läpsäyttää
German: klopfen (de), klapsen (de), schlagen (de)

move or spread in multiple directions from one point

Danish: spredes i vifteform
Dutch: uitwaaieren (nl)
Finnish: levitä (fi), hajota (fi)
French: disperser (fr)
German: fächern (de) (fan), auffächern (fan out), verteilen (de)
Interlingua: irradiar se, propagar se
Khmer: បក់ (km) (bork)
Maori: whera
Polish: rozdmuchać
Portuguese: espalhar-se
Russian: рассредото́чиваться (ru) impf (rassredotóčivatʹsja)
Swedish: sprida (sv) sig (sv) (spread out)

Etymology 2

Football/soccer fans in Argentina.

Star Trek fans in the United States.

Rolling Stones fans in Norway.

A group of Beatles fans imitating the cover of the LP Abbey Road.

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 (plural fans or fen)

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

Usage notes

The plural fen is only used within science fiction fandom. See fen, etymology 3, for more information.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:fan

Antonyms

Hyponyms

See Category:en:Fans (people), for names of different fans or members of fan subcultures.

Derived terms

Terms derived from fan (noun, etymology 2)

acafan
actifan
anti-fan
anti-fandom
bandwagon fan
BNF (“Big Name Fan”)
confan
crifanac
eofan
faan
fair weather fan
fake fan
fakefan
fanac
fanart
fan base
fanblog
fanboy
fan car
fancast
fan cast
fan club
fancruft
fandemonium
fandom
fandub
faned
fanfest
fan fiction
fanfilm
fangame
fangirl
fanhood
fanless
fan letter
fanling
fanlisting
fanmade
fanmag
fan mail
fanne (“female fan of science fiction”)
fannish
fanon
fanpage
fan page
fanpire
fans are slans
fanservice
fanship
fanship
fansite
fanslation
fanspeak
fansub
fantard
fanvid
fanwank
fanwear
fanwork
fanwriter
fanzine
femfan
femme fan
FIAWOL (“Fandom Is A Way Of Life”)
FIJAGH (“Fandom Is Just A Goddamn Hobby”)
fringefan
furfan
HitlerFan1488
litfan
mediafan
megafan
neofan
nonfan
passifan
railfan
sports fan
stan
stfan
stfanzine
superfan
transfan
trufan
uberfan
WKF (“Well Known Fan”)
zinefan

Descendants

→ Dutch: fan
→ Finnish: fani
→ French: fan
→ German: Fan
→ Italian: fan
→ Japanese: ファン
→ Korean: 팬 (paen)
→ Mandarin: 粉 (fěn)
→ Mandarin: 飯／饭 (fàn)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: fan, fans
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: fan, fans
→ Polish: fan
→ Portuguese: fã
→ Romanian: fan
→ Spanish: fan
→ Swedish: fan
→ Thai: แฟน (fɛɛn)

Translations

admirer

Albanian: tifoz (sq) m
Arabic: مُشَجِّع m (mušajjiʕ), مُشَجِّعَة f (mušajjiʕa)
Armenian: երկրպագու (hy) (erkrpagu)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܥܘܼܝܵܐ (baʾuya)
Azerbaijani: azarkeş (az), fanat
Belarusian: заўзя́тар m (zaŭzjátar), заўзя́тарка f (zaŭzjátarka), бале́льшчык m (baljélʹščyk), бале́льшчыца f (baljélʹščyca), фана́т m (fanát), фана́тка f (fanátka)
Bengali: সমর্থক (bn) (śomorthok)
Bulgarian: запаля́нко (bg) m (zapaljánko), фен m (fen)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: fan (ca) m or f, aficionat (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粉絲／粉丝 (fan² si¹, fen¹ si²), fan屎 (fen¹ si²) (derogatory), 迷 (mai⁴), 愛好者／爱好者 (oi³ hou³ ze²), 擁躉／拥趸 (jung² dan²), 發燒友／发烧友 (faat³ siu¹ jau^5-2)

Mandarin: 粉絲／粉丝 (zh) (fěnsī), 迷 (zh) (mí), 愛好者／爱好者 (zh) (àihàozhě)
Czech: milovník (cs) m, milovnice f, příznivec (cs) m, příznivkyně (cs) f, fanoušek (cs) m, fanynka (cs) f, fanoušice f
Danish: fan c, entusiast (da) c, tilhænger c
Dutch: fan (nl) m or f, bewonderaar (nl) m, bewonderaarster (nl) f, liefhebber (nl)
Esperanto: adepto (eo), admiranto, entuziasmulo, fanatikulo, fervorulo, subtenanto, ŝatanto, zeloto
Estonian: fänn, imetleja, austaja
Finnish: ihailija (fi), kannattaja (fi), fani (fi) (colloquial), diggari (fi)
French: fan (fr) m or f, admirateur (fr) m, admiratrice (fr) f, supporteur (fr) m
Galician: fan, admirador m, seareiro (gl) m
Georgian: ფანი (pani), გულშემატკივარი (gulšemaṭḳivari)
German: Fan (de) m, Liebhaber (de) m, Anhänger (de) m, Bewunderer (de) m, Entourage (de) pl or f, Gefolge (de) pl or n, Anhängerschaft pl or f, Enthusiast (de) m, Verehrer (de) m, Anhängerschaft pl or f, Enthusiast (de) m, Verehrer (de) m
Greek: οπαδός (el) m (opadós)
Gujarati: પ્રશંસક (praśãsak), ચાહક (cāhak), સમર્થક (samarthak)
Hebrew: חוֹבֵב (he) m (ẖovév) (things), אוֹהֵד m (ohéd) (sports), מַעֲרִיץ m (ma'rítz) (persons)
Hindi: प्रशंसक m (praśansak)
Hungarian: rajongó (hu), szurkoló (hu)
Icelandic: aðdáandi (is) m, áhangandi (is) m
Indonesian: penggemar (id)
Interlingua: devoto, fanatico, fan
Italian: tifo (it), tifoso (it)
Japanese: ファン (fan), 愛好家 (ja) (あいこうか, aikōka), 愛好者 (あいこうしゃ, aikōsha)
Kazakh: жанкүйер (janküier)
Khmer: អ្នកគាំទ្រ (nĕək kŏəm trɔɔ)
Korean: 팬 (ko) (paen), 덕후 (ko) (deokhu) (slang)
Latin: fautor m, fautrix f, perquīsītor m
Latvian: cienītājs m
Lithuanian: fanas m, gerbėjas m, sirgalius m
Livonian: ovstiji
Macedonian: обожавател m (obožavatel), обожавателка f (obožavatelka), фан m (fan)
Malay: peminat (ms), penggemar
Malayalam: ആരാധകൻ (ml) m (ārādhakaṉ), ആരാധക (ml) f (ārādhaka)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kaiwhakamiha
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilhenger (no) m, fan (no) m

Nynorsk: tilhengjar m, fan m
Persian: هَوادار (fa) (havâdâr), طَرَفْدار (fa) (tarafdâr), فَن (fa) (fan)
Polish: kibic (pl) m, kibicka (pl) f (sport), fan (pl) m, fanka (pl) f, miłośnik (pl) m, miłośniczka (pl) f, zapaleniec (pl) m, wielbiciel (pl) m, wielbicielka (pl) f
Portuguese: fã (pt) m or f, adepto (pt) m, torcedor (pt) m (sports)
Romanian: fan (ro) m, fană f, admirator (ro) m, admiratoare (ro) f
Russian: боле́льщик (ru) m (bolélʹščik), боле́льщица (ru) f (bolélʹščica) (sport), фана́т (ru) m (fanát), фана́тка (ru) f (fanátka), покло́нник (ru) m (poklónnik), покло́нница (ru) f (poklónnica), люби́тель (ru) m (ljubítelʹ), люби́тельница (ru) f (ljubítelʹnica), фэн (ru) m (fɛn), фан (ru) m (fan)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: навѝја̄ч m (sports), обожа̀валац m, обожа̀ватељ m, љу̀битељ m

Roman: navìjāč (sh) m (sports), obožàvalac (sh) m, obožàvatelj (sh) m, ljùbitelj (sh) m
Sinhalese: රසිකයා (rasikayā)
Slovak: nadšenec m, nadšenkyňa f, fanúšik m, fanúšička f, fanynka f, priaznivec m, priaznivkyňa f
Slovene: občudovalec m, občudovalka f, navijač (sl) m, navijačica f
Spanish: fan (es) m or f, hincha (es) m or f, aficionado (es) m, seguidor (es) m, forofo
Swahili: shabiki (sw)
Swedish: fan (sv) n, beundrare (sv) c
Tagalog: (literally) tagahanga c
Tajik: ҳаводор (havodor)
Thai: แฟน (th) (fɛɛn), สาวก (th) (sǎa-wók)
Turkish: hayran (tr), taraftar (tr) (of a sport)
Ukrainian: вболіва́льник m (vboliválʹnyk), вболіва́льниця (vboliválʹnycja), болі́льник (uk) m (bolílʹnyk), болі́льниця f (bolílʹnycja), фан m (fan), фана́т m (fanát), фана́тка f (fanátka)
Urdu: دِل دادَہ m (dil dāda)
Uzbek: ishqiboz (uz)
Vietnamese: người hâm mộ, fan (vi)
Volapük: keproan (vo)
Welsh: cefnogwr (cy) m

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.
- 1939, chapter XI, in Colonial Reports - Annual Issues‎, page 37:
  1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths.

Anagrams

AFN, ANF, FNA, NAF, NFA

Bambara

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

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)
- 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, Matthew 26:34, page 55:
  Jesus a apasa ngeni Peter, "Upwe apasa ngonuk pwe non ei chok pwinin me mwen ewe chukȯ epwe kökkö, fan unungat kopwe apasa pwe kose sinei ei."
  Jesus said to Peter, "I tell you that in this night before the chicken calls, three times you will say that you don't know me."

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

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

fan

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

(Belgium) IPA^(key): /fɑn/
(Netherlands) IPA^(key): /fɛn/
Audio (file)

Noun

fan m (plural fans, diminutive fannetje n)

fan (admirer)

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

From English fan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑn/,
IPA^(key): /ˈfæn/,
Rhymes: -ɑn
Syllabification^(key): fan

Noun

fan

fan, admirer, aficionado

Declension

Inflection of fan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		fan	fanit
genitive		fanin	fanien
partitive		fania	faneja
illative		faniin	faneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fan	fanit
accusative	nom.	fan	fanit
accusative	gen.	fanin	fanit
genitive		fanin	fanien
partitive		fania	faneja
inessive		fanissa	faneissa
elative		fanista	faneista
illative		faniin	faneihin
adessive		fanilla	faneilla
ablative		fanilta	faneilta
allative		fanille	faneille
essive		fanina	faneina
translative		faniksi	faneiksi
abessive		fanitta	faneitta
instructive		—	fanein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fanini	fanini
accusative	nom.	fanini	fanini
accusative	gen.	fanini	fanini
genitive		fanini	fanieni
partitive		faniani	fanejani
inessive		fanissani	faneissani
elative		fanistani	faneistani
illative		faniini	faneihini
adessive		fanillani	faneillani
ablative		faniltani	faneiltani
allative		fanilleni	faneilleni
essive		faninani	faneinani
translative		fanikseni	faneikseni
abessive		fanittani	faneittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	faneineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fanisi	fanisi
accusative	nom.	fanisi	fanisi
accusative	gen.	fanisi	fanisi
genitive		fanisi	faniesi
partitive		faniasi	fanejasi
inessive		fanissasi	faneissasi
elative		fanistasi	faneistasi
illative		faniisi	faneihisi
adessive		fanillasi	faneillasi
ablative		faniltasi	faneiltasi
allative		fanillesi	faneillesi
essive		faninasi	faneinasi
translative		faniksesi	faneiksesi
abessive		fanittasi	faneittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	faneinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		fanimme	fanimme
accusative	nom.	fanimme	fanimme
accusative	gen.	fanimme	fanimme
genitive		fanimme	faniemme
partitive		faniamme	fanejamme
inessive		fanissamme	faneissamme
elative		fanistamme	faneistamme
illative		faniimme	faneihimme
adessive		fanillamme	faneillamme
ablative		faniltamme	faneiltamme
allative		fanillemme	faneillemme
essive		faninamme	faneinamme
translative		faniksemme	faneiksemme
abessive		fanittamme	faneittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	faneinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		faninne	faninne
accusative	nom.	faninne	faninne
accusative	gen.	faninne	faninne
genitive		faninne	fanienne
partitive		fanianne	fanejanne
inessive		fanissanne	faneissanne
elative		fanistanne	faneistanne
illative		faniinne	faneihinne
adessive		fanillanne	faneillanne
ablative		faniltanne	faneiltanne
allative		fanillenne	faneillenne
essive		faninanne	faneinanne
translative		faniksenne	faneiksenne
abessive		fanittanne	faneittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	faneinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		faninsa	faninsa
accusative	nom.	faninsa	faninsa
accusative	gen.	faninsa	faninsa
genitive		faninsa	faniensa
partitive		faniaan faniansa	fanejaan fanejansa
inessive		fanissaan fanissansa	faneissaan faneissansa
elative		fanistaan fanistansa	faneistaan faneistansa
illative		faniinsa	faneihinsa
adessive		fanillaan fanillansa	faneillaan faneillansa
ablative		faniltaan faniltansa	faneiltaan faneiltansa
allative		fanilleen fanillensa	faneilleen faneillensa
essive		faninaan faninansa	faneinaan faneinansa
translative		fanikseen faniksensa	faneikseen faneiksensa
abessive		fanittaan fanittansa	faneittaan faneittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	faneineen faneinensa

Synonyms

fani

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fan/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fan, 1920s.

Noun

fan m or f by sense (plural fans)

fan (admirer, supporter)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fan.

Noun

fan f (plural fans)

(Canada) fan (ventilator)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin famēs.

Noun

fan f

hunger

Related terms

famâ

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fan.

Noun

fan m or f by sense (plural fans)

fan (admirer or aficionado)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fan

third-person plural present indicative of facer

Gothic

Romanization

fan

Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌽

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: fan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *puna (“hair”). Possibly a doublet of pina.

Noun

fan (plural fanok)

(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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fan	fanok
accusative	fant	fanokat
dative	fannak	fanoknak
instrumental	fannal	fanokkal
causal-final	fanért	fanokért
translative	fanná	fanokká
terminative	fanig	fanokig
essive-formal	fanként	fanokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fanban	fanokban
superessive	fanon	fanokon
adessive	fannál	fanoknál
illative	fanba	fanokba
sublative	fanra	fanokra
allative	fanhoz	fanokhoz
elative	fanból	fanokból
delative	fanról	fanokról
ablative	fantól	fanoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fané	fanoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fanéi	fanokéi

Possessive forms of fan
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fanom	fanjaim
2nd person sing.	fanod	fanjaid
3rd person sing.	fanja	fanjai
1st person plural	fanunk	fanjaink
2nd person plural	fanotok	fanjaitok
3rd person plural	fanjuk	fanjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Etymology 2

From English fan.

Noun

fan (plural fanok)

(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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fan	fanok
accusative	fant	fanokat
dative	fannak	fanoknak
instrumental	fannal	fanokkal
causal-final	fanért	fanokért
translative	fanná	fanokká
terminative	fanig	fanokig
essive-formal	fanként	fanokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fanban	fanokban
superessive	fanon	fanokon
adessive	fannál	fanoknál
illative	fanba	fanokba
sublative	fanra	fanokra
allative	fanhoz	fanokhoz
elative	fanból	fanokból
delative	fanról	fanokról
ablative	fantól	fanoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fané	fanoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fanéi	fanokéi

Possessive forms of fan
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fanom	fanjaim
2nd person sing.	fanod	fanjaid
3rd person sing.	fanja	fanjai
1st person plural	fanunk	fanjaink
2nd person plural	fanotok	fanjaitok
3rd person plural	fanjuk	fanjaik

References

^ Entry #811 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ fan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

fan

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From English fan (“a person who is fond of something or someone”), clipping of fanatic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: fan

Noun

fan (first-person possessive fanku, second-person possessive fanmu, third-person possessive fannya)

fan: a person who is fond of something or someone.
Synonyms: pengagum, penggemar
fan device

Derived terms

fan fiksi

Related terms

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fanaid, from Old Irish anaid (“to stay, remain, abide”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fˠanˠ/

Verb

fan (present analytic fanann, future analytic fanfaidh, verbal noun fanacht, past participle fanta)

to wait
to stay

Conjugation

conjugation of fan (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	fanaim	fanann tú; fanair^†	fanann sé, sí	fanaimid	fanann sibh	fanann siad; fanaid^†	a fhanann; a fhanas / a bhfanann; a bhfanas	fantar
	past	d'fhan mé; d'fhanas / fhan mé‡; fhanas‡	d'fhan tú; d'fhanais / fhan tú; fhanais‡	d'fhan sé, sí / fhan sé, sí‡	d'fhanamar; d'fhan muid / fhanamar; fhan muid‡	d'fhan sibh; d'fhanabhair / fhan sibh; fhanabhair‡	d'fhan siad; d'fhanadar / fhan siad; fhanadar‡	a d'fhan / ar fhan*	fanadh
	past habitual	d'fhanainn / fhanainn‡; bhfanainn‡‡	d'fhantá / fhantá‡; bhfantá‡‡	d'fhanadh sé, sí / fhanadh sé, sí‡; bhfanadh sé, sí‡‡	d'fhanaimis; d'fhanadh muid / fhanaimis; fhanadh muid‡; bhfanaimis‡‡; bhfanadh muid‡‡	d'fhanadh sibh / fhanadh sibh‡; bhfanadh sibh‡‡	d'fhanaidís; d'fhanadh siad / fhanaidís; fhanadh siad‡; bhfanaidís‡‡; bhfanadh siad‡‡	a d'fhanadh / a bhfanadh*	d'fhantaí / fhantaí‡; bhfantaí‡‡
future		fanfaidh mé; fanfad	fanfaidh tú; fanfair^†	fanfaidh sé, sí	fanfaimid; fanfaidh muid	fanfaidh sibh	fanfaidh siad; fanfaid^†	a fhanfaidh; a fhanfas / a bhfanfaidh; a bhfanfas	fanfar
conditional		d'fhanfainn / fhanfainn‡; bhfanfainn‡‡	d'fhanfá / fhanfá‡; bhfanfá‡‡	d'fhanfadh sé, sí / fhanfadh sé, sí‡; bhfanfadh sé, sí‡‡	d'fhanfaimis; d'fhanfadh muid / fhanfaimis‡; fhanfadh muid‡; bhfanfaimis‡‡; bhfanfadh muid‡‡	d'fhanfadh sibh / fhanfadh sibh‡; bhfanfadh sibh‡‡	d'fhanfaidís; d'fhanfadh siad / fhanfaidís‡; fhanfadh siad‡; bhfanfaidís‡‡; bhfanfadh siad‡‡	a d'fhanfadh / a bhfanfadh*	d'fhanfaí / fhanfaí‡; bhfanfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go bhfana mé; go bhfanad^†	go bhfana tú; go bhfanair^†	go bhfana sé, sí	go bhfanaimid; go bhfana muid	go bhfana sibh	go bhfana siad; go bhfanaid^†	—	go bhfantar
subjunctive	past	dá bhfanainn	dá bhfantá	dá bhfanadh sé, sí	dá bhfanaimis; dá bhfanadh muid	dá bhfanadh sibh	dá bhfanaidís; dá bhfanadh siad	—	dá bhfantaí
imperative		fanaim	fan	fanadh sé, sí	fanaimis	fanaigí; fanaidh^†	fanaidís	—	fantar
verbal noun		fanacht
past participle		fanta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fan	fhan	bhfan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin fāmes.

Noun

fan

hunger

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfan/, /ˈfɛn/
Rhymes: -an, -ɛn
Hyphenation: fàn

Noun

fan m or f by sense (plural fans)

fan (admirer or follower)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfan/
Rhymes: -an
Hyphenation: fàn

Verb

fan

Apocopic form of fanno

References

^ fan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

fan

Rōmaji transcription of ファン

Kanuri

Verb

fàn+

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 English fann, from Latin vannus. 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 (plural fannes)

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 English fan, where it was a clipping of fanatic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fæn/

Noun

fan m (definite singular fanen, indefinite plural fans, definite plural fanane)

(countable) a fan (person who is fond of someone or something)

Etymology 2

Noun

fan m

(swear word, in juxtapositions) Alternative form of faen
Han er ein feig fan.
He's a wimpy fucker.

References

“fan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

fan

third-person plural present indicative of faire

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fanē.

Preposition

fan

off, from

Descendants

Middle Dutch: van
- Dutch: van
  - Afrikaans: van
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: fan
  - Javindo: fan
  - Jersey Dutch: vān, fān, f'n
  - Negerhollands: van, fan, fa
    - → Virgin Islands Creole: fam
  - Skepi Creole Dutch: fan
- Limburgish: ven

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han.

Verb

fān

to catch

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle Dutch: vâen
- Dutch: vangen
  - Afrikaans: vang
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
  - Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
  - Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
  - → Aukan: fanga
  - → Sranan Tongo: fanga
    - → Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
- Limburgish: vange

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

fana, fon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, whence also Old High German fon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɑn/

Preposition

fan

from

Descendants

Middle Low German: van, von
- Dutch Low Saxon: van
- German Low German: van, von, vun

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fan/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: fan

Noun

fan m pers (female equivalent fanka)

fan (“admirer”)
Synonyms: entuzjasta, wielbiciel, miłośnik, zapaleniec

Declension

Declension of fan

	singular	plural
nominative	fan	fani/fany (deprecative)
genitive	fana	fanów
dative	fanowi	fanom
accusative	fana	fanów
instrumental	fanem	fanami
locative	fanie	fanach
vocative	fanie	fani

Related terms

Rohingya

Noun

fan

betel leaf

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fan or French fan.

Noun

fan m (plural fani)

fan (admirer, supporter)

Declension

Declension of fan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fan	fanul	(niște) fani	fanii
genitive/dative	(unui) fan	fanului	(unor) fani	fanilor
vocative	fanule		fanilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anaid, fanaid (“stays, remains, abides”).

Verb

fan (past dh'fhan, future fanaidh, verbal noun fantail or fantainn or fanachd)

stay, remain
wait

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfan/
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: fan

Noun

fan m or f by sense (plural fans or fanes)

fan
Synonyms: aficionado, admirador, entusiasta, fanático, hincha

Ella es una gran fan tuya.
She's a big fan of yours.

Derived terms

club de fans

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Old Frisian fandiand, present participle of fandia (“tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“seek, search for, examine”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Norwegian Bokmål faen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faːn/, /ˈfaːˌa(ː)n/
Rhymes: -aːn
audio (file)

Noun

fan c

the devil, Satan
(Må) fan ta dig!
(May) the devil take you! ("Fuck you!"/"Screw you!", usually without må)
(offensive, vulgar) a bastard, a motherfucker
Synonym: jävel

Du var mig en jobbig fan
You're one annoying son of a bitch

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)
Fan (också)! Jag glömde nycklarna.
Damn! I forgot my keys.

(Va) fan!
Damnit!

Va fan?
What the hell?

Vad i självaste fan?
What in the ever-loving hell? (Literally, "What in the very devil himself?")

Det var då själva fan!
Oh for fuck's sake! (Roughly, "It was the devil himself!")

Adverb

fan (not comparable)

(swear word) A (positive or negative) intensifier.
Fan vilken bra låt!
Damn, what a great song!

Fan vad trist att din katt dog
How bloody sad that your cat died (with a sincere tone)

Det var fan på tiden!
It's about bloody time!

Vem fan är det där?
Who the hell is that?

Fan vad konstigt
That's bloody strange

Usage notes

Closer to English fuck than damn in offensiveness.
Often said with a doubly emphasized A for emphasis, like "fa-an."

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fan, short for fanatic, related to the Swedish words fanatisk and fanatiker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛːn/
Rhymes: -ɛːn
Homophone: fän

Noun

fan c or n

a fan (admirer)
Jag är ett jättestort fan av saffransbullar
I'm a huge fan of saffron buns

Declension

Declension of fan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fan	fanet	fans	fansen
Genitive	fans	fanets	fans	fansens

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Low German fan, used since 1772, closely related to Swedish fana (“flag”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

fan n

a vane, a web (part of the anatomy of a bird's feather)

Declension

Declension of fan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fan	fanet	fan	fanen
Genitive	fans	fanets	fans	fanens

References

Tboli

Noun

fan

bait

Uzbek

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:

fan

Wikipedia ^uz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنّ (fann).

Noun

fan (plural fanlar)

science

Synonyms

ilm

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /van/
Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English van.

Noun

fan f (plural faniau, 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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
man	fan	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fon, from Proto-Germanic *fanē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔn/

Preposition

fan

from
of

Yola

Alternative forms

van, phen

Etymology

From Middle English whanne, from Old English hwonne, from Proto-West Germanic *hwannā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɸan/, /van/, /ɸɛn/

Adverb

fan

when
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
  Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!
  Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
  Zitch blakeen, an blayeen, fan ee ball was ee-drowe!
  Such bawling and shouting, when the ball was thrown!
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9, page 88:
  Fan Cournug yate a rishp, an Treblere pit w'eeme.
  When Cournug gave a stroke, and Treblere put with him.
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:
  Dhicka die fan ich want to a mile.
  That day when I went to the mill.
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 104:
  Fan ich aam in this miseree.
  When I am in this misery.

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

[1] Entry #811 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[2] fan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[3] Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)