fan – English noun declension

English noun forms of fan

Noun: fan
Singularfan
Pluralfans; fan

Sample Sentences

  • How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle: there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc. [1876, August Paul, Addison's Influence on the Social Reform of His Age, T.G. Meissner, page 55:]
  • He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.
  • "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. [1998, Brock Thoene, Bodie Thoene, A New Frontier: Saga of the Sierras, page 181:]
  • 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, Isaiah 30:24:]
  • 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. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 3:12:]

Nouns inflected like fan

fan,

Etymology

1. Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
2. Cognates
3. * Latin ventus (“wind”)
4. * Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”)
5. * German Wanne (“winnowing basket”)
6. * Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”)
7. * Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”).
8. More at winnow. See: Middle English Nouns 'fan', Middle English Nouns 'fan', Old English Nouns 'fann', Old English Nouns 'fann', Latin Nouns 'vannus', Latin Nouns 'ventus', Dutch Nouns 'wan', German Nouns 'Wanne', Old English Nouns 'windwian'.

Verbs referencing "fan"

Dutch Nouns fan, Finnish Nouns fan, French Nouns fan, Galician Nouns fan, Italian Nouns fan, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns fan, Spanish Nouns fan, German Nouns Fan, Finnish Nouns fani, Spanish Nouns abano, Portuguese Nouns fã, Russian Nouns фан, Ukrainian Nouns фан.