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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 磷 (“phosphorus”).
Noun
lân
- (dated) phosphorus
Usage notes
- lân is only used in lân tinh (“phosphorus”, now dated), and when referring to fertilizer, as in NPK, also known as đạm-lân-kali ("nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium")
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Clipping of kì lân (“qilin”).
Noun
(classifier con) lân
- the qilin, one of the four sacred beasts, along with the dragon, the tortoise and the fenghuang
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
lân
- (only in compounds) to encroach
Welsh
Pronunciation
Adjective
lân
- Soft mutation of glân.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian land, lond, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lân n (plural lannen, diminutive lantsje)
- land
- country
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lân”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011