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— English words —

• fan n. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one…
• fan n. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
• fan n. The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
• fan n. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
• fan n. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is…
• fan n. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
• fan n. (Mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.
• fan v. (Transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
• fan v. (Transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
• fan v. (Intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape…
• fan v. (Transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
• fan v. (Firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
• fan v. (Metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
• fan v. To winnow grain.
• fan v. (Rail transport, transitive) To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
• fan v. (Baseball, intransitive) To strike out.
• fan v. (Baseball, transitive) To strike out (a batter).
• fan n. A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
• Fan prop.n. A diminutive of Frances.
• Fan prop.n. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
• FAN n. Initialism of file area network.
• FAN n. (Brewing) Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.

— International convention —

• fan sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fang (Bantu).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Bambara
  • fan n. Egg.
  • fan n. Direction, side.
• Biao
  • fan³ v. (Shidong) to split, divide.
• Catalan
  • fan v. Third-person plural present indicative form of fer.
• Chibcha
  • fan n. Alternative form of ban.
• Chuukese
  • fan n. Church (building).
  • fan n. Time (instance or occurrence).
  • fan prep. Under.
• Cimbrian
  • fan prep. On.
  • fan prep. In.
• Finnish
  • fan n. Fan, admirer, aficionado.
• Friulian - Istriot
  • fan n. Hunger.
• Galician
  • fan v. Third-person plural present indicative of facer.
• Gothic
  • fan rom. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌽.
• Hungarian
  • fan n. (Obsolete) pubis.
  • fan n. (Obsolete) pubic hair.
  • fan n. (Neologism, colloquial) fan (a person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of…
  • fán n. Superessive singular of fa.
• Indonesian
  • fan n. Fan: a person who is fond of something or someone.
• Irish
  • fan v. To wait.
  • fan v. To stay.
  • fán n. Alternative form of fána (“downward slope, declivity; depression, hollow; droop”).
  • fán n. Straying, wandering, vagrancy.
  • fán n. Turning aside, averting.
  • fán n. Sparsity.
  • fán cont. (Ulster) Contraction of fá an (“about the”).
  • fá'n cont. Superseded spelling of fán (“about the”).
• Japanese
  • fan rom. Rōmaji transcription of ファン.
• Jersey dutch
  • fān prep. Of, from.
• Kanuri
  • fan v. Hear.
  • fan v. Understand.
  • fan v. Feel.
• Mandarin
  • fan rom. Nonstandard spelling of fān.
  • fan rom. Nonstandard spelling of fán.
  • fan rom. Nonstandard spelling of fǎn.
  • fan rom. Nonstandard spelling of fàn.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凡, 凢.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凣.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勫.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墦.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忛.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憣.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柉.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棥, 樊.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 橎.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氾.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泚.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀪.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀿.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煩.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燔.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璠.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 番.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礬.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籒.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籵.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緐.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繁.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繙.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 羳.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膰.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舧.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕃.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薠.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藩.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘩.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟓.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠜.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袝.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襎.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觗.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹯.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釩.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐇.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颿.
  • fán rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷭.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奿.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬎.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梵.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樆.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氾.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汎.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泛.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滼.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犯.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畈.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盕.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笵.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 範.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 范.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訉.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 販.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軓.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軬.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄤.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釥.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颰.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飯.
  • fàn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飰.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 仨.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 及.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 反.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓪.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軡.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 返.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釥.
  • fǎn rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魬.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僠.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 及.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噃.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬏.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幡.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憇.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拚.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旙, 旛.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杋.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潒.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犹.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畧.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 番.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笲.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籓.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繙.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翻.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕂.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藩.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹮.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轓.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颰.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 飜.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱕.
  • fān rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕃.
  • fáŋ rom. Rare spelling of fáng.
  • fàŋ rom. Rare spelling of fàng.
  • fǎŋ rom. Rare spelling of fǎng.
  • fāŋ rom. Rare spelling of fāng.
• Middle english
  • fan n. A mechanism or device for removing chaff from grain (i.e. winnowing).
  • fan n. A training or practice shield manufactured out of twigs or wickerwork.
  • fan n. (Rare) A fan; a device for blowing air as to cool.
  • fan v. Alternative form of fannen.
• Noone
  • fán v. Fear.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • fan n. (Countable) a fan (person who is fond of someone or something).
  • fan n. (Swear word, in juxtapositions) Alternative form of faen.
• Occitan
  • fan v. Third-person plural present indicative of faire.
• Old dutch
  • fan prep. Off, from.
  • fan v. To catch.
• Old saxon - West frisian
  • fan prep. From.
• Polish
  • fan n. Fan (“admirer”).
  • -fan suff. Forms masculine nouns referring to transparent materials.
• Rohingya
  • fan n. Betel leaf.
• Romanian
  • fan n. Fan (admirer, supporter).
  • fân n. Hay.
• Scottish gaelic
  • fan v. Stay, remain.
  • fan v. Wait.
• Swedish
  • fan n. The devil, Satan.
  • fan n. (Offensive, vulgar) a bastard, a motherfucker.
  • fan interj. (Swear word, sometimes followed by också or preceded by va or vad) damn (referring to the devil).
  • fan n. Fan (admirer).
  • fan n. Vane, web (part of the anatomy of a bird’s feather).
  • fån n. Idiot, fool, halfwit, stupid person.
  • fån v. Obsolete plural form of får, present tense of få. 2nd person only.
  • fån v. Obsolete plural form of få, imperative of få.
  • fän n. Indefinite plural of fä.
• Tboli
  • fan n. Bait.
• Tày
  • Fan prop.n. France (a country in Europe).
• Uzbek
  • fan n. Science.
• Welsh
  • fan n. Van.
  • fan n. Soft mutation of man.
  • fan n. Soft mutation of ban.
  • fân adj. Soft mutation of mân.
• West frisian
  • fan prep. Of.
• Westrobothnian
  • fɑn n. The meat on the gizzard.
• Yola
  • fan adv. When.

— English words, defined in German —

• fan S. Einer Schaufel ähnelndes oder ein Schaufelrad drehendes Gerät zum Bewegen von Luft (zwecks Kühlung oder Lüftung).
• fan S. Begeisterter Mensch.

— English words, defined in French —

• fan n. Éventail.
• fan n. Ventilateur (mécanique ou électrique).
• fan n. (Familier) Fan, passionné, amateur, admirateur.
• fan v. Refroidir avec un éventail.
• fan v. Disperser.
• fan v. Attiser (des flammes, des tisons).

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• fan s. Utensilios. Abanico.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• fan s. Fã.
• fan s. Ventoinha.

— In German —

• Fan S. Begeisterter Anhänger von etwas oder jemandem.
• Fan S. Weiblicher Vorname, Kurzform beziehungsweise Verkleinerungsform…

— In Dutch —

• fan n. Een enthousiaste aanhanger.
• fan n. Ventilator.

— In French —

• fan n. Admirateur, admiratrice enthousiaste d’une personne ou d’une chose.
• fan n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) Ventilateur.
• fan interj. (Familier) Se retrouve exclusivement dans des expressions…
• faŋ adj. (Linguistique) (Rare) variante orthographique de fang ; relatif au fang.
• faŋ n.m. (Linguistique) (Rare) variante orthographique de fang (langue).
• Faŋ n.m. (Rare) variante orthographique de Fang.

— In Spanish —

• fan s. Persona que siente gusto y entusiasmo por algo, en particular…

— In Italian —

• fan s. (Forestierismo) (antropologia) (sociologia) chi segue un…

291 English words from 198 English definitions

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22 English words from 23 foreign definitions

algo amateur Canada chi chose dans des Disperser Een expressions Fan fang gusto langue Luft Mensch particular Persona que Rare segue Ventilator

56 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

aanhanger Abanico admirateur admiratrice ähnelndes Anglicisme Anhänger antropologia Attiser avec Begeisterter Bewegen beziehungsweise drehendes ein Einer électrique enthousiaste entusiasmo etwas éventail exclusivement Familier flammes Forestierismo Gerät jemandem Kühlung Kurzform Linguistique Lüftung mécanique oder orthographique passionné personne por Refroidir relatif retrouve Schaufel Schaufelrad siente sociologia tisons une Utensilios variante Ventilateur Ventoinha Verkleinerungsform von Vorname Weiblicher zum zwecks

723 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

fana Fana fand Fand fane Fane fang Fang FANG fank Fann fano fans FANs Fant fanac fanal fanam Fanas fancy Fancy fands faned fanes Fanes fanga fango fangs fangy fanks fann'd fanne Fanns fanny Fanny fanom fanon fanos Fanta Fante Fanti fanum fanals fanams Fanara fanart fan␣art fanboi fanboy fancam +673 words

716 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

afanc afancs afandi befang bifans defang eofans Esfand Fofana infang infant Irfans Isfana kafana Le␣Fanu nefand ofanim refans Safana Sofana stfans Tufano unfang acafans aca-fans Afanasy afandis apafant Bafanji Batfans befangs buffant Carfano confans defangs enfancy Fanfans Farfans femfans Fofanas furfans Gelfand harfang Helfand infancy infangs infanta infante Infante infants +666 words

109 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Afan ofan of␣an bifan eofan hofan Irfan refan Sifan stfan acafan aca-fan Batfan confan Fanfan Farfan femfan furfan litfan lolfan Loufan neofan nonfan non-fan seafan sea␣fan Stefan subfan Tegfan Tiffan trifan trufan Turfan Twifan Aberfan actifan anti-fan case␣fan chanfan Cwmafan Digifan fakefan fake-fan fake␣fan firefan hand␣fan megafan Pokéfan propfan railfan +59 words

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NAF

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

AFN ANF FNA NAF NFA

54 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Afan AFNs ANFO ANFs an␣if DAFN faan fain Fain fana Fana fand Fand fane Fane fang Fang FANG fank Fann fano fans FANs Fant faun fawn fina Fina flan FNaF FNAF fnar Fran FRAN Fu'an IFNA NADF naff Naff naif naïf nawf neaf NEFA NFAd NFA'd NFAs NFCA NFPA ofan of␣an RFNA TANF WFNA

27 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

af AF an An AN -an an' an- A/N a(n) fa FA f@ F/A fn Fn FN f.n. na Na NA n/a N/A n.a. N.A. NF N.␣F.

139 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Aan AAN A.A.N. ban Ban BAN can Can CAN Can. dan Dan DAN -dan Dan. ean EAN -ean e.An. faa FAA fab Fab FAB F.A.B. fac FAC fad FAD fae FAE fag -fag fah FAI faj. fak FAK fal Fal FAL fam Fam Fam. fao FAO fap FAP faq FAQ far FAR fas Fas FAs FAS fat FAT fav faw Faw fax ℻ fay Fay Faz FCN fen fin Fin FIN fin. Fin. f***in' fkn FLN FMN FNN fon Fon FPN FSN fun Fyn gan Gan GaN GAN han Han Ian -ian jan Jan Jan. kan Kan Kan. Lan LAN Lan. (+38 words)

16 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

an An AN -an an' an- A/N a(n) fa FA f@ F/A fn Fn FN f.n.

10 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

faan fain Fain Fann faun fawn flan Fran FRAN Fu'an

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