Phrase guide

ceiling fan

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light.

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noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: someone who really likes ceilings..

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ventilador del sostre — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吊扇 (diàoshàn) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Dutch: plafondventilator — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Finnish: kattotuuletin — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • French: ventilateur de plafond — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • German: Deckenventilator — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Gujarati: છતપંખો (chatpaṅkho) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Hungarian: mennyezeti ventilátor — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Hungarian: plafonventilátor — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Italian: ventilatore da soffitto — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Japanese: 天井扇風機 (tenjō senpūki) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Japanese: シーリングファン (shīringu fan) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Malay: kipas siling — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Mongolian: таазны сэнс (taazny sens) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Polish: wentylator sufitowy — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Portuguese: ventilador de teto — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Romanian: ventilator de tavan — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Russian: вентиля́тор (ventiljátor) — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Spanish: ventilador de techo — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Spanish: abano — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Swedish: takfläkt — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Thai: พัดลมเพดาน — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Turkish: pervane — fan fixture on a ceiling
  • Vietnamese: quạt trần — fan fixture on a ceiling