fans
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fænz/
- Rhymes: -ænz
Noun
fans
- plural of fan
Verb
fans
- third-person singular simple present indicative of fan
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
fans
- plural of fan
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fen1 si2
- Cantonese Pinyin: fen1 si2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
fans
Usage notes
Unlike English, fans can be used when there is only one instance of the noun, as Cantonese does not distinguish between singular and plural noun forms.
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
fans
- plural of fan
French
Noun
fans m or f
- plural of fan
Galician
Noun
fans
- plural of fan
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfans/, /ˈfɛns/[1]
- Rhymes: -ans, -ɛns
- Hyphenation: fàns
Noun
fans m or f
- plural of fan
References
- ^ fan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of for (“speak, say”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfans]
Participle
fāns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | fāns | fantēs | fantia | ||
genitive | fantis | fantium | |||
dative | fantī | fantibus | |||
accusative | fantem | fāns | fantēs fantīs |
fantia | |
ablative | fante fantī1 |
fantibus | |||
vocative | fāns | fantēs | fantia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
fans
- (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)
- (collective, colloquial) fans
- Spørst om fansen godtar det.
- Depends on whether the fans accept it.
- indefinite plural of fan
- Han har mange fans.
- He has many fans.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- fanst (current standard form)
Verb
fans
- 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
- plural of fan
Swedish
Noun
fans
- indefinite genitive singular of fan
- definite genitive singular of fan
- indefinite plural of fan
- indefinite genitive plural of fan
- definite plural of fan
- definite genitive plural of fan