chan

chan

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæn/
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Clipping of channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

  1. (Internet, informal) An IRC channel.
Derived terms
  • chanop

Etymology 2

From 4chan, a popular imageboard; ultimately from channel.

Noun

chan (plural chans)

  1. (Internet, informal) An imageboard.
Related terms
  • -chan

Anagrams

  • Cahn

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French champ.

Noun

chan

  1. free space; open land

Ch'orti'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Noun

chan

  1. snake

Galician

Alternative forms

  • chá, chao

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chão, from Latin plānum. Compare Portuguese chão, Spanish llano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋ/

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. floor
    Synonym: solo
  2. ground
    Synonym: solo
  3. (geography) plateau

Adjective

chan (feminine chá, masculine plural chans, feminine plural chás)

  1. level; flat
  2. plain

Derived terms

  • Chá
  • Chan
  • Chao
  • Chaodarcas
  • Chaos

Related terms

  • chaira
  • chaela
  • chancela
  • chanzo
  • chelo
  • Chelo
  • Chenlo

References

  • “chao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “chão” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “chan” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chan” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chan” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hokkien

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish nocon, nochon, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

  • (before a, o, u, fha, fho, fhu) IPA(key): [xan̪ˠ]
  • (before e, i, fhe, fhi) IPA(key): [xanʲ]

Particle

chan

  1. (Ulster) not
    Chan ólann sé.He does not drink.
    Chan fhanann sé.He will not wait.
Usage notes

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Used only before a vowel sound.

Synonyms
  • (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)
Related terms
  • cha (used before a consonant)
  • char (used with the past tense)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xan̪ˠ]

Verb

chan

  1. past analytic of can
Related terms
  • chanas (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanais (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanamar (1st person pl. synthetic)
  • chanabhar (2d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • chanadar (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • canadh (autonomous)

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “chan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

chan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃん

Ladino

Noun

chan m (Latin spelling)

  1. bell

Mandarin

Romanization

chan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chàn.

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.

Nafaanra

Noun

chan

  1. vagina

References

  • Nafaanra Dictionary

Old Occitan

Etymology

Deverbal of chantar.

Noun

chan m (oblique plural chans, nominative singular chans, nominative plural chan)

  1. song

Related terms

  • chantador
  • chantar
  • chanso
  • chansoneta
  • enchantar
  • enchantamen

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *chaːn-. Compare Classical Nahuatl chāntli (home).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaŋ/

Noun

-chan

  1. at or to one's home or house

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Turkish kan (prince, lord)/khān, contraction of khaqan (sovereign, ruler).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: chan

Noun

chan m pers

  1. khan (ruler)

Declension

Further reading

  • chan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chan.

Pronunciation

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. (Internet) chan, imageboard

Related terms

  • channer

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • chaun (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter)
  • tgaun (Sursilvan)
  • tgàn (Sutsilvan)
  • tgang (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chan m (plural chans)

  1. (Vallader) (male) dog

Coordinate terms

  • (sex): chagna

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) cha'n

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xan̪ˠ/ (before a back vowel sound)
  • IPA(key): /xaɲ/ (before a front vowel sound)
  • Hyphenation: chan

Verb

chan

  1. Form of cha used before vowels and fh-
    Chan fhaca mi i.I haven't seen her.
    Chan eil mi fuar.I am not cold.
    An t-aran, chan ùr e.The bread, it's not fresh.

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cha, cha’n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 81
  • Colin Mark (2003), “chan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 129

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chian, obsolete spelling of chiyan (chia). This is the same source as chía, which lost the final n in Mexican dialects.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃan/ [ˈt͡ʃãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: chan

Noun

chan m (plural chanes)

  1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Alternative form of chía

References

  • Ayerca, Ricardo & Coates, Wayne (2005: Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs, p. 64

Further reading

  • “chan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tzeltal

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Noun

chan

  1. snake

Tzotzil

Verb

chan

  1. (transitive) to learn

References

  • Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [caːŋ˧˧]

Verb

chan • (滇, 𬉌)

  1. to pour sauce, soup or broth over solid food
    chan canh/mắmto pour broth/nước mắm

Derived terms

  • chan chứa
  • chan hoà

Welsh

Noun

chan

  1. Aspirate mutation of can.

Mutation

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃan/

Adjective

chan

  1. small
    Synonyms: chichan; mejen

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