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Latvian
Verb
skan
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of skanēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of skanēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of skanēt
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English scan, from Middle English scannen (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier *scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“I climb, rise, mount”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: skan
Noun
skan m inan
- (computing) scan (result or output of a scanning process)
Declension
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Further reading
- skan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- skan in Polish dictionaries at PWN