vano

Borrowed from Spanish abano.

vano m (plural vanos)

1. (Central, Northern, northwestern) hand fan

   Synonym: ventall

2. (castells) a set of pilars built simultaneously, for example at the end of an actuació

vano

1. only used in em vano, first-person singular present indicative of vanar-se

• “vano” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vano”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “vano”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈvano]

vano f

1. vocative singular of vana

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: và‧no

From Latin vānus

vano (feminine vana, masculine plural vani, feminine plural vane, superlative vanissimo)

1. vain, useless, idle
2. quaint

• vanità

vano m (plural vani)

1. space, opening, compartment, bay
2. room

   Synonym: stanza

vano

1. first-person singular present indicative of vanare

• vano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• nova

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.no]

vānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vānus

• “vano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Inherited from Latin vānus. Cognate with Galician van and Portuguese vão.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbano/ [ˈba.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: va‧no

vano (feminine vana, masculine plural vanos, feminine plural vanas)

1. vain (overly proud of oneself)
2. vain (having no real substance)
3. vain (pointless, futile)

vano m (plural vanos)

1. span (of a bridge, door)

   vano de la puerta ― doorway

• “vano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024