English Online Dictionary. What means wan? What does wan mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English ƿann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɒn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /wɑn/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /wæn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adjective
wan (comparative wanner, superlative wannest)
- Pale, sickly-looking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pallid
- Dim, faint.
- Bland, uninterested.
Derived terms
- wanly
- wanness
Translations
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- The quality of being wan; wanness.
Etymology 2
Eye dialect spelling of one. Sense 2 (“girl or woman”) possibly as a result of the phrase your wan as a counterpart to your man.
Noun
wan (plural wans)
- Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland English.
- (Ireland) A girl or woman.
Derived terms
- cubewano
Etymology 3
An inflected form.
Verb
wan
- (obsolete) simple past of win.
References
Anagrams
- NWA, awn, naw
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝan]
Numeral
wan (Kana spelling ワン)
- ten
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan/
Numeral
wan (Bengali script ৱান)
- one
Synonyms
- sa
- rongsa
- eek
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Bislama
Etymology
From English one.
Numeral
wan
- one
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin vannus.
Noun
wan f or m (plural wannen, diminutive wannetje n)
- winnowing basket
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
- inflection of wannen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Fanagalo
Etymology
Borrowed from English one.
Numeral
wan
- one
Gothic
Romanization
wan
- Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌽
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan/
Numeral
wan
- one
Article
wan
- one, a (indefinite article)
Further reading
- wan at majstro.com
Japanese
Romanization
wan
- Rōmaji transcription of わん
- Rōmaji transcription of ワン
Jingpho
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bʷar ~ *pʷar (“burn; fire; kindle; roast”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan˧˩/
Noun
wan
- fire
- lamp; light; lantern
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Mandarin 碗 (wǎn, “bowl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan˧˧/
Noun
wan
- bowl
Classifier
wan
- Classifier for the quantity of a bowl: bowlful
References
- Xu, Xijian (徐悉艰); Xiao, Jiacheng (肖家成); Yue, Xiangkun (岳相昆); Dai, Qingxia (戴庆厦) (1983-12), “wan”, in 景汉辞典 [Jingpho-Chinese Dictionary], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, pages 868-869
Mandarin
Romanization
wan
- Nonstandard spelling of wān.
- Nonstandard spelling of wán.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of wàn.
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.
Maranao
Verb
wan
- to fear
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wann (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz, of uncertain origin.
Adjective
wan
- wan (pallid, sickly)
- wan (dim, faint)
Alternative forms
- wane, wanne, won, wonne, wone
Descendants
- English: wan
- Scots: wan
References
- “wan, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
wan
- Alternative form of wane
Etymology 4
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- (Northern) Alternative form of vein (“that which is vain”)
Etymology 5
Pronoun
wan
- Alternative form of whan
Etymology 6
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- (Northern, early) Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)
Etymology 7
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wane (“woeful state”)
Etymology 8
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of wone (“choice”)
Etymology 9
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)
Etymology 10
Verb
wan (third-person singular simple present waneth, present participle wanende, wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waned)
- Alternative form of wanen
Etymology 11
Adverb
wan
- Alternative form of whenne
Conjunction
wan
- Alternative form of whenne
Etymology 12
Adverb
wan
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
wan
- Alternative form of whanne
Etymology 13
Verb
wan
- Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
- Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English want.
Verb
wan
- want, want to
Noone
Noun
wan (plural boom)
- child
References
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian winna, which derives from Proto-Germanic *winnaną.
Verb
wan
- (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to win
Conjugation
Okinawan
Romanization
wan
- Rōmaji transcription of わん
Old English
Alternative forms
- wann
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑn/
Verb
wan
- third-person singular of winnan
- Grendel wan hwile wið Hroþgar. ― Grendel long fought against Hrothgar. (Beowulf ll. 151-2)
Pipil
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /waŋ/
Noun
-wan
- with, in relation to
Declension
Conjunction
wan
- and, but
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan/, /wɑn/
Numeral
wan
- (West Central, Orkney) one
Sranan Tongo
Etymology 1
From English one.
Number
wan
- one
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
- Alternative form of wani
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English one.
Noun
wan
- The number one.
Numeral
wan
- One. Used with units of measurement and in times: wan aua, wan klok. See also wanpela.
Derived terms
- wanbel
- wanblut
- wande
- wanhaus
- wankain
- wanlain
- wanmak
- wanpes
- wanpela
- wanpilai
- wanpisin
- wanples
- wanskul
- wantaim
- wantok
- wantu
- wanwan
- wanwande
- wanwok
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wɛ̃]
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 玩 (wán).
Verb
wan
- to play
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 碗 (wǎn).
Noun
wan
- bowl
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN