fans

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Verb

fans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fan

Anagrams

• NFAs, ANFs, AFNs, nafs

Catalan

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Chinese

Etymology

From English fans.

Pronunciation

Noun

fans

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) admirer(s); supporter(s) (Classifier: 班; 個／个)

Usage notes

Contrary to English usage, fans is used for both the singular and the plural, which are rarely distinguished in Chinese grammar.

Related terms

• fan屎

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

French

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

Galician

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfans/, /ˈfɛns/
• Rhymes: -ans, -ɛns
• Hyphenation: fàns

Noun

fans m or f

1. plural of fan

References

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of for (“speak, say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfans/, [ˈfä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfans/, [ˈfäns]

Participle

fāns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. speaking, saying

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• īnfāns

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fantes

Verb

fans

1. (non-standard since 2015) simple past of finnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from fans, the English plural of fan, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk countable fan. Ultimately an English clipping of fanatic.

Noun

fans m (definite singular fansen, uncountable)

1. (collective, colloquial) fans

2. indefinite plural of fan

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fanst (current standard form)

Verb

fans

1. past tense of finnas (non-standard since 2012)

References

• “fans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfans/ [ˈfãns]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: fans

Noun

fans

1. plural of fan

Swedish

Noun

fans

1. indefinite genitive singular of fan
2. definite genitive singular of fan
3. indefinite plural of fan
4. indefinite genitive plural of fan
5. definite plural of fan
6. definite genitive plural of fan

Anagrams

• nafs