Standard Lemma guide

fan

name · noun · verb · 34 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • fän
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fæn/ without æ-raising
  • Pacific Northwest Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /fan/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /faːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England, Scotland, Wales: /fan/
  • Australian: /fæːn/
  • [fɛən] General American, æ-raising
  • [feən] General American, æ-raising
  • [fɛːn] General American, æ-raising
  • rhymes with -æn
  • homophone: faan
  • homophone: fanne
  • CMU ARPABET: F AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A diminutive of Frances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A county of Puyang, Henan, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Mandarin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

The station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The action of fanning; agitation of the air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A group of overlapping cards exposed in various patience games.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am a big fan of libraries.
  • I am a big fan of cricket.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hong-Kong, dated

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Initialism of file area network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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16

noun

Meaning 16

Initialism of free amino nitrogen, amino acids available for yeast metabolism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To slap (a behind, especially).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

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19

verb

Meaning 19

To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: usually to fan out

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20

verb

Meaning 20

To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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22

verb

Meaning 22

To invigorate, like flames when fanned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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23

verb

Meaning 23

To winnow grain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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24

verb

Meaning 24

To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Examples

  • Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To strike out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To strike out (a batter).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Synonyms: none provided

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27

verb

Meaning 27

To fail to properly shoot or pass the puck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

Narrower terms: electric fan, blower, exhaust fan, punkah

29

noun

Meaning 29

an ardent follower and admirer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buff, devotee, lover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: follower

Narrower terms: aerophile, aficionado, amorist, bacchant, bacchanal, groupie, metalhead

30

noun

Meaning 30

an enthusiastic devotee of sports

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sports fan, rooter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enthusiast, partisan, partizan

Narrower terms: aficionado, railbird

31

verb

Meaning 31

make (an emotion) fiercer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fan hatred

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen

32

verb

Meaning 32

strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: strike out

33

verb

Meaning 33

separate the chaff from by using air currents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: winnow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sift, sieve, strain

34

verb

Meaning 34

agitate the air

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shake, agitate

Narrower terms: winnow

History

Etymology

Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.

From Mandarin 范 (Fàn).

Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h2weh1- (“to blow”). Cognates * Latin ventus (“wind”) * Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”) * German Wanne (“winnowing basket”) * Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”) * Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.

Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan Clipping of fanatic, originally in US baseball slang. Possibly influenced by fancy (“group of sport or hobby enthusiasts”), i.e. fancy boy (“fan”).

From Cantonese 分. Doublet of fen and hoon.

Across languages

Translations

577 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 范 (faan6) — county; surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 范 (Fàn) — county; surname
  • Afrikaans: reeks — hand-held device
  • Albanian: erashkë — hand-held device
  • Albanian: freskore — hand-held device
  • Albanian: verore — hand-held device
  • Southern Altai: веер (veer) — hand-held device
  • Arabic: مِرْوَحَة (mirwaḥa) — hand-held device
  • Arabic: مروحة (marwaḥa) — hand-held device
  • Arabic: مروحة (marwaḥa) — hand-held device
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܠܦܘܼܟ (yalpūk) — hand-held device
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ (mapuḥtā) — hand-held device
  • Armenian: հովհար (hovhar) — hand-held device
  • Assamese: বিচনী (bisoni) — hand-held device
  • Asturian: abanicu — hand-held device
  • Azerbaijani: yelpik — hand-held device
  • Baluchi: گواتو (gwátú) — hand-held device
  • Belarusian: ве́ер (vjéjer) — hand-held device
  • Bulgarian: ветри́ло (vetrílo) — hand-held device
  • Burmese: ယပ် (yap) — hand-held device
  • Catalan: ventall — hand-held device
  • Catalan: vano — hand-held device
  • Catalan: palmito — hand-held device
  • Cebuano: abaniko — hand-held device
  • Chamicuro: shkema — hand-held device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 扇 (sin3) — hand-held device
  • Hakka Chinese: 扇仔 (san-é) — hand-held device
  • Chinese: 扇 (sìn) — hand-held device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扇子 (shànzi) — hand-held device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扇 (shàn) — hand-held device
  • Czech: vějíř — hand-held device
  • Danish: vifte — hand-held device
  • Central Dusun: kikiap — hand-held device
  • Dutch: waaier — hand-held device
  • Esperanto: ventumilo — hand-held device
  • Estonian: lehvik — hand-held device
  • Finnish: viuhka — hand-held device
  • French: éventail — hand-held device
  • Galician: abano — hand-held device
  • Galician: abanico — hand-held device
  • Georgian: მარაო (marao) — hand-held device
  • German: Fächer — hand-held device
  • Old High German: wintscūfla — hand-held device
  • Greek: βεντάλια (ventália) — hand-held device
  • Ancient Greek: ῥιπίς (rhipís) — hand-held device
  • Paraguayan Guarani: yvytu'apo — hand-held device
  • Hawaiian: peʻahi — hand-held device
  • Hebrew: מְנִיפָה (m'nifá) — hand-held device
  • Hiligaynon: abaníko — hand-held device
  • Hindi: पंखा (paṅkhā) — hand-held device
  • White Hmong: ntxoam — hand-held device
  • Hungarian: legyező — hand-held device
  • Ibanag: affefec — hand-held device
  • Icelandic: blævængur — hand-held device
  • Icelandic: vifta — hand-held device
  • Indonesian: kipas — hand-held device
  • Interlingua: flabello — hand-held device
  • Italian: ventaglio — hand-held device
  • Japanese: 扇子 (sensu) — hand-held device
  • Kapampangan: pamepe — hand-held device
  • Kazakh: желпуіш (jelpuış) — hand-held device
  • Khmer: ផ្លិត (phlət) — hand-held device
  • Korean: 부채 (buchae) — hand-held device
  • Central Kurdish: باوەشێن (baweşên) — hand-held device
  • Kyrgyz: желпнигич (jelpnigic) — hand-held device
  • Kyrgyz: веер (veyer) — hand-held device
  • Lao: ວີ (wī) — hand-held device
  • Latin: flābellum — hand-held device
  • Latin: tabella — hand-held device
  • Latvian: vēdeklis — hand-held device
  • Lithuanian: vėduoklė — hand-held device
  • Macedonian: ладало (ladalo) — hand-held device
  • Macedonian: лепе́за (lepéza) — hand-held device
  • Malay: kipas — hand-held device
  • Malayalam: വിശറി (viśaṟi) — hand-held device
  • Māori: pōwaiwai — hand-held device
  • Māori: kōwhiuwhiu — hand-held device
  • Māori: kōheuheu — hand-held device
  • Māori: tāwhiri — hand-held device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vifte — hand-held device
  • Old English: fann — hand-held device
  • Old English: windsċofl — hand-held device
  • Old Saxon: windskūfla — hand-held device
  • Pali: tālavaṇṭa — hand-held device
  • Pali: vijanī — hand-held device
  • Pashto: پکه (paka) — hand-held device
  • Dari: پَکَه دَسْتِی (paka dastī) — hand-held device
  • Iranian Persian: بادْبِزَن (bâdbezan) — hand-held device
  • Iranian Persian: مِرْوَحِه (mervahe) — hand-held device
  • Polish: wachlarz — hand-held device
  • Portuguese: leque — hand-held device
  • Portuguese: abano — hand-held device
  • Portuguese: abano — hand-held device
  • Rohingya: fangká — hand-held device
  • Romagnol: vintàj — hand-held device
  • Romanian: evantai — hand-held device
  • Russian: ве́ер (véjer) — hand-held device
  • Serbo-Croatian: лепе́за — hand-held device
  • Serbo-Croatian: lepéza — hand-held device
  • Slovak: vejár — hand-held device
  • Slovene: pahljača — hand-held device
  • Spanish: abanico — hand-held device
  • Spanish: abano — hand-held device
  • Spanish: paipay — hand-held device
  • Spanish: paipái — hand-held device
  • Spanish: perico — hand-held device
  • Spanish: pericón — hand-held device
  • Spanish: ventalle — hand-held device
  • Spanish: flabelo — hand-held device
  • Swedish: solfjäder — hand-held device
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠈꠣ (faxá) — hand-held device
  • Tagalog: pamaypay — hand-held device
  • Tagalog: abaniko — hand-held device
  • Tahitian: tāhiri — hand-held device
  • Tahitian: tāhirihiri — hand-held device
  • Tajik: бодбезак (bodbezak) — hand-held device
  • Tajik: бодбизан (bodbizan) — hand-held device
  • Tajik: мирваҳа (mirvaha) — hand-held device
  • Tamil: விசிறி (viciṟi) — hand-held device
  • Tarifit: taḥarraft — hand-held device
  • Thai: พัด (pát) — hand-held device
  • Tongan: ī — hand-held device
  • Turkish: yelpaze — hand-held device
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلپازه (yelpaze) — hand-held device
  • Ottoman Turkish: بادزن (bâdzen) — hand-held device
  • Turkmen: ýelpavaaç — hand-held device
  • Turkmen: ýelpewaç — hand-held device
  • Ukrainian: ві́яло (víjalo) — hand-held device
  • Ukrainian: вахля́р (vaxljár) — hand-held device
  • Urdu: مِروَحَہ (mirvaha) — hand-held device
  • Urdu: پَن٘کھا (paṅkhā) — hand-held device
  • Uyghur: يەلپۈگۈچ (yelpügüch) — hand-held device
  • Uzbek: yelpigʻich — hand-held device
  • Vietnamese: quạt — hand-held device
  • Vietnamese: quạt tay — hand-held device
  • Zhuang: beiz — hand-held device
  • Zhuang: bingqbeiz — hand-held device
  • Zhuang: gaiqbeiz — hand-held device
  • Albanian: freskore — electrical device
  • Albanian: ventilator — electrical device
  • Arabic: مِرْوَحَة (mirwaḥa) — electrical device
  • Arabic: مروحة (marwaḥa) — electrical device
  • Iraqi Arabic: بَنْكَة — electrical device
  • Arabic: مروحة (marwaḥa) — electrical device
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܲܢܟܵܐ (pankā) — electrical device
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ (mapuḥtā) — electrical device
  • Armenian: հովհարիչ (hovharičʻ) — electrical device
  • Armenian: օդափոխիչ (ōdapʻoxičʻ) — electrical device
  • Assamese: ফেন (phen) — electrical device
  • Assamese: বিচনী (bisoni) — electrical device
  • Azerbaijani: ventilyator — electrical device
  • Azerbaijani: sərinkeş — electrical device
  • Baluchi: گواتو (gwátú) — electrical device
  • Belarusian: вентыля́тар (vjentyljátar) — electrical device
  • Bengali: ফ্যান (phên) — electrical device
  • Bulgarian: вентила́тор (ventilátor) — electrical device
  • Burmese: ပန်ကာ (panka) — electrical device
  • Burmese: လေရဟတ် (lera.hat) — electrical device
  • Catalan: ventilador — electrical device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 風扇 /风扇 (fung1 sin3) — electrical device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電風扇 /电风扇 — electrical device
  • Hakka Chinese: 電扇 /电扇 (thien-san) — electrical device
  • Chinese: 電風扇 /电风扇 (tiān-hong-sìn / tiān-hoang-sìn) — electrical device
  • Chinese: 電扇 /电扇 (tiān-sìn) — electrical device
  • Chinese: 風扇 /风扇 (hong-sìn / hoang-sìn) — electrical device
  • Chinese: 電風 /电风 (tiān-hong) — electrical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電風扇 /电风扇 (diànfēngshàn) — electrical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電扇 /电扇 (diànshàn) — electrical device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風扇 /风扇 (fēngshàn) — electrical device
  • Czech: větrák — electrical device
  • Danish: ventilator — electrical device
  • Dutch: ventilator — electrical device
  • Esperanto: ventolilo — electrical device
  • Estonian: ventilaator — electrical device
  • Finnish: tuuletin — electrical device
  • Finnish: puhallin — electrical device
  • French: ventilateur — electrical device
  • Georgian: ვენტილატორი (venṭilaṭori) — electrical device
  • German: Ventilator — electrical device
  • German: Gebläse — electrical device
  • German: Lüfter — electrical device
  • Greek: ανεμιστήρας (anemistíras) — electrical device
  • Paraguayan Guarani: yvytu'apo — electrical device
  • Gujarati: પંખો (paṅkho) — electrical device
  • Hawaiian: peʻahi uila — electrical device
  • Hebrew: מאוורר \ מְאַוְרֵר (m'avrér) — electrical device
  • Hebrew: וֶנְטִילָטוֹר (ventilátor) — electrical device
  • Hindi: पंखा (paṅkhā) — electrical device
  • Hungarian: ventilátor — electrical device
  • Icelandic: vifta — electrical device
  • Indonesian: kipas angin — electrical device
  • Interlingua: ventilator — electrical device
  • Irish: gaothrán — electrical device
  • Italian: ventilatore — electrical device
  • Japanese: 扇風機 (senpūki) — electrical device
  • Kazakh: желдеткіш (jeldetkış) — electrical device
  • Kazakh: вентилятор (ventilätor) — electrical device
  • Khmer: កង្ហារ (kɑɑkɑnghaa) — electrical device
  • Korean: 선풍기 (seonpunggi) — electrical device
  • Korean: 팬 (paen) — electrical device
  • Central Kurdish: پەروانە (perwane) — electrical device
  • Northern Kurdish: pank — electrical device
  • Kyrgyz: вентилятор (ventilyator) — electrical device
  • Kyrgyz: желпиме (jelpime) — electrical device
  • Lao: ພັດລົມ (phat lom) — electrical device
  • Latvian: ventilators — electrical device
  • Latvian: fēns — electrical device
  • Lithuanian: ventiliatorius — electrical device
  • Macedonian: вентила́тор (ventilátor) — electrical device
  • Malay: kipas angin — electrical device
  • Malay: elektrik — electrical device
  • Malayalam: ഫാൻ (phāṉ) — electrical device
  • Malayalam: പങ്ക (paṅka) — electrical device
  • Mongolian: сэнс (sens) — electrical device
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан сэнс (caxilgaan sens) — electrical device
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ (sengse) — electrical device
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ (čaqilɣan sengse) — electrical device
  • Norman: êventail êlectrique — electrical device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vifte — electrical device
  • Pali: vāyavaṃsa — electrical device
  • Pali: vijjuvījanī — electrical device
  • Pashto: پکه (paka) — electrical device
  • Persian: پَنْکَه (panka) — electrical device
  • Dari: پَکَه (paka) — electrical device
  • Iranian Persian: فَن (fan) — electrical device
  • Iranian Persian: فَنِ اِلِکْتْریکی (fan-e elektriki) — electrical device
  • Iranian Persian: پَنْکِه (panke) — electrical device
  • Polish: wentylator — electrical device
  • Polish: wiatrak — electrical device
  • Portuguese: ventoinha — electrical device
  • Portuguese: ventilador — electrical device
  • Romanian: ventilator — electrical device
  • Russian: вентиля́тор (ventiljátor) — electrical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: вентѝла̄тор — electrical device
  • Serbo-Croatian: ventìlātor — electrical device
  • Sinhalese: විදුලි පංකාව (widuli paṁkāwa) — electrical device
  • Slovak: ventilátor — electrical device
  • Slovene: ventilator — electrical device
  • Southern Altai: вентилятор (ventilyator) — electrical device
  • Spanish: ventilador — electrical device
  • Spanish: abanico — electrical device
  • Spanish: molinete — electrical device
  • Spanish: ventiladora — electrical device
  • Swedish: fläkt — electrical device
  • Tagalog: bentilador — electrical device
  • Tajik: вентилятор (ventilyator) — electrical device
  • Tajik: бодкаш (bodkaš) — electrical device
  • Tajik: ғуборкаш (ġuborkaš) — electrical device
  • Tajik: ҳавотозакунак (havotozakunak) — electrical device
  • Tamil: மின்விசிறி (miṉviciṟi) — electrical device
  • Thai: พัดลม (pát-lom) — electrical device
  • Tibetan: གློག་བསྐུལ་རླུང་ཡབ (glog bskul rlung yab) — electrical device
  • Tibetan: གློག་གི་བསིལ་འཁོར (glog gi bsil 'khor) — electrical device
  • Turkish: vantilatör — electrical device
  • Turkmen: wentilýator — electrical device
  • Turkmen: ýelpemek — electrical device
  • Ukrainian: вентиля́тор (ventyljátor) — electrical device
  • Urdu: پَن٘کھا (paṅkhā) — electrical device
  • Uyghur: ۋىنتىلياتور (wintilyator) — electrical device
  • Uyghur: يەلپۈگۈچ (yelpügüch) — electrical device
  • Uzbek: ventilyator — electrical device
  • Uzbek: yelpigʻich — electrical device
  • Vietnamese: quạt — electrical device
  • Vietnamese: quạt máy — electrical device
  • Catalan: ventall — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扇 (shàn) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Czech: vějíř — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Danish: vifte — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Finnish: viuhka — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Finnish: kaari — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Finnish: pyrstö — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Galician: abano — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • German: Fächer — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Hiligaynon: abaníko — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Hungarian: legyező — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Japanese: 扇 (ōgi) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Khmer: ផ្លិត (phlət) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Macedonian: лепе́за (lepéza) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: leque — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: abano — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: abanico — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: flabelo — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Russian: ве́ер (véjer) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Tamil: விசிறி (viciṟi) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Thai: พัด (pát) — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Vietnamese: quạt — anything resembling a hand-held fan
  • Albanian: tifoz — admirer
  • Arabic: مُشَجِّع (mušajjiʕ) — admirer
  • Arabic: مُشَجِّعَة (mušajjiʕa) — admirer
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܥܘܼܝܵܐ (baʾuya) — admirer
  • Armenian: երկրպագու (erkrpagu) — admirer
  • Azerbaijani: azarkeş — admirer
  • Azerbaijani: fanat — admirer
  • Basque: miresle — admirer
  • Belarusian: заўзя́тар (zawzjátar) — admirer
  • Belarusian: заўзя́тарка (zawzjátarka) — admirer
  • Belarusian: бале́льшчык (baljélʹščyk) — admirer
  • Belarusian: бале́льшчыца (baljélʹščyca) — admirer
  • Belarusian: фана́т (fanát) — admirer
  • Belarusian: фана́тка (fanátka) — admirer
  • Bengali: সমর্থক (śomorthok) — admirer
  • Bulgarian: запаля́нко (zapaljánko) — admirer
  • Bulgarian: фен (fen) — admirer
  • Catalan: fan — admirer
  • Catalan: aficionat — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 粉絲 /粉丝 (fan2 si1, fen1 si2) — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: fan屎 (fen1 si2) — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 迷 (mai4) — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 愛好者 /爱好者 (oi3 hou3 ze2) — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 擁躉 /拥趸 (jung2 dan2) — admirer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 發燒友 /发烧友 — admirer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粉絲 /粉丝 (fěnsī) — admirer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迷 (mí) — admirer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛好者 /爱好者 (àihàozhě) — admirer
  • Czech: milovník — admirer
  • Czech: milovnice — admirer
  • Czech: příznivec — admirer
  • Czech: příznivkyně — admirer
  • Czech: fanoušek — admirer
  • Czech: fanynka — admirer
  • Czech: fanoušice — admirer
  • Danish: fan — admirer
  • Danish: entusiast — admirer
  • Danish: tilhænger — admirer
  • Dutch: fan — admirer
  • Dutch: bewonderaar — admirer
  • Dutch: bewonderaarster — admirer
  • Dutch: liefhebber — admirer
  • Esperanto: adepto — admirer
  • Esperanto: admiranto — admirer
  • Esperanto: entuziasmulo — admirer
  • Esperanto: fanatikulo — admirer
  • Esperanto: fervorulo — admirer
  • Esperanto: subtenanto — admirer
  • Esperanto: ŝatanto — admirer
  • Esperanto: zeloto — admirer
  • Estonian: fänn — admirer
  • Estonian: imetleja — admirer
  • Estonian: austaja — admirer
  • Finnish: ihailija — admirer
  • Finnish: kannattaja — admirer
  • Finnish: fani — admirer
  • Finnish: diggari — admirer
  • French: fan — admirer
  • French: admirateur — admirer
  • French: admiratrice — admirer
  • French: supporteur — admirer
  • French: supporteuse — admirer
  • French: supporteure — admirer
  • French: supportrice — admirer
  • French: supportaire — admirer
  • French: mordu — admirer
  • French: mordue — admirer
  • Galician: fan — admirer
  • Galician: admirador — admirer
  • Galician: seareiro — admirer
  • Georgian: ფანი (pani) — admirer
  • Georgian: გულშემატკივარი (gulšemaṭḳivari) — admirer
  • German: Fan — admirer
  • German: Liebhaber — admirer
  • German: Anhänger — admirer
  • German: Bewunderer — admirer
  • German: Entourage — admirer
  • German: Gefolge — admirer
  • German: Anhängerschaft — admirer
  • German: Enthusiast — admirer
  • German: Verehrer — admirer
  • Greek: οπαδός (opadós) — admirer
  • Gujarati: પ્રશંસક (praśãsak) — admirer
  • Gujarati: ચાહક (cāhak) — admirer
  • Gujarati: સમર્થક (samarthak) — admirer
  • Hebrew: חוֹבֵב (khovév) — admirer
  • Hebrew: אוֹהֵד (ohéd) — admirer
  • Hebrew: מַעֲרִיץ (ma'aríts) — admirer
  • Hindi: प्रशंसक (praśansak) — admirer
  • Hungarian: rajongó — admirer
  • Hungarian: szurkoló — admirer
  • Icelandic: aðdáandi — admirer
  • Icelandic: áhangandi — admirer
  • Indonesian: penyuka — admirer
  • Indonesian: penggemar — admirer
  • Interlingua: devoto — admirer
  • Interlingua: fanatico — admirer
  • Interlingua: fan — admirer
  • Italian: tifo — admirer
  • Italian: tifoso — admirer
  • Japanese: ファン (fan) — admirer
  • Japanese: 愛好家 (aikōka) — admirer
  • Japanese: 愛好者 (aikōsha) — admirer
  • Kazakh: жанкүйер (janküier) — admirer
  • Khmer: អ្នកគាំទ្រ (nĕək kŏəm trɔɔ) — admirer
  • Korean: 팬 (paen) — admirer
  • Korean: 덕후 (deokhu) — admirer
  • Kyrgyz: күйөрман (küyörman) — admirer
  • Latin: fautor — admirer
  • Latin: fautrix — admirer
  • Latin: perquīsītor — admirer
  • Latvian: cienītājs — admirer
  • Latvian: fans — admirer
  • Lithuanian: fanas — admirer
  • Lithuanian: gerbėjas — admirer
  • Lithuanian: sirgalius — admirer
  • Livonian: ovstiji — admirer
  • Macedonian: обожавател (obožavatel) — admirer
  • Macedonian: обожавателка (obožavatelka) — admirer
  • Macedonian: фан (fan) — admirer
  • Malay: peminat — admirer
  • Malay: penggemar — admirer
  • Malayalam: ആരാധകൻ (ārādhakaṉ) — admirer
  • Malayalam: ആരാധക (ārādhaka) — admirer
  • Māori: kaiwhakamiha — admirer
  • Māori: kiriwhakamiha — admirer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilhenger — admirer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fan — admirer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tilhengjar — admirer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fan — admirer
  • Persian: هَوادار (havâdâr) — admirer
  • Persian: طَرَفْدار (tarafdâr) — admirer
  • Persian: فَن (fan) — admirer
  • Polish: kibic — admirer
  • Polish: kibicka — admirer
  • Polish: fan — admirer
  • Polish: fanka — admirer
  • Polish: miłośnik — admirer
  • Polish: miłośniczka — admirer
  • Polish: zapaleniec — admirer
  • Polish: wielbiciel — admirer
  • Polish: wielbicielka — admirer
  • Portuguese: fã — admirer
  • Portuguese: adepto — admirer
  • Portuguese: torcedor — admirer
  • Romanian: fan — admirer
  • Romanian: fană — admirer
  • Romanian: admirator — admirer
  • Romanian: admiratoare — admirer
  • Russian: боле́льщик (bolélʹščik) — admirer
  • Russian: боле́льщица (bolélʹščica) — admirer
  • Russian: фана́т (fanát) — admirer
  • Russian: фана́тка (fanátka) — admirer
  • Russian: покло́нник (poklónnik) — admirer
  • Russian: покло́нница (poklónnica) — admirer
  • Russian: люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) — admirer
  • Russian: люби́тельница (ljubítelʹnica) — admirer
  • Russian: фэн (fɛn) — admirer
  • Russian: фан (fan) — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: навѝја̄ч — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: обожа̀валац — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: обожа̀ватељ — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: љу̀битељ — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: navìjāč — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: obožàvalac — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: obožàvatelj — admirer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljùbitelj — admirer
  • Sinhalese: රසිකයා (rasikayā) — admirer
  • Slovak: nadšenec — admirer
  • Slovak: nadšenkyňa — admirer
  • Slovak: fanúšik — admirer
  • Slovak: fanúšička — admirer
  • Slovak: fanynka — admirer
  • Slovak: priaznivec — admirer
  • Slovak: priaznivkyňa — admirer
  • Slovene: občudovalec — admirer
  • Slovene: občudovalka — admirer
  • Slovene: navijač — admirer
  • Slovene: navijačica — admirer
  • Spanish: fan — admirer
  • Spanish: hincha — admirer
  • Spanish: aficionado — admirer
  • Spanish: seguidor — admirer
  • Spanish: forofo — admirer
  • Swahili: shabiki — admirer
  • Swedish: fan — admirer
  • Swedish: beundrare — admirer
  • Tagalog: tagahanga — admirer
  • Tajik: ҳаводор (havodor) — admirer
  • Tamil: விசிறி (viciṟi) — admirer
  • Thai: แฟน (fɛɛn) — admirer
  • Thai: สาวก (sǎa-wók) — admirer
  • Turkish: hayran — admirer
  • Turkish: taraftar — admirer
  • Ukrainian: вболіва́льник (vboliválʹnyk) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: вболіва́льниця (vboliválʹnycja) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: болі́льник (bolílʹnyk) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: болі́льниця (bolílʹnycja) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: фан (fan) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: фана́т (fanát) — admirer
  • Ukrainian: фана́тка (fanátka) — admirer
  • Urdu: دِل دادَہ (dil dāda) — admirer
  • Uzbek: ishqiboz — admirer
  • Vietnamese: người hâm mộ — admirer
  • Vietnamese: fan — admirer
  • Volapük: keproan — admirer
  • Welsh: cefnogwr — admirer
  • Assamese: বিচ (bis) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Bulgarian: вея (veja) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Bulgarian: отвявам (otvjavam) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Catalan: ventar — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Finnish: tuulettaa — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Finnish: leyhytellä — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • French: éventer — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Georgian: დაბერვა (daberva) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • German: ventilieren — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • German: belüften — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • German: anfachen — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • German: anwehen — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • German: zufächern — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Greek: αερίζω (aerízo) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Hiligaynon: abaníko — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Interlingua: ventilar — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Khmer: បក់ (bork) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Central Kurdish: باوەشێن کردن (baweşên kirdin) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Latin: ventilo — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Māori: tāwhiri — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Māori: tōwhiri — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Māori: pōwhiriwhiri — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Māori: tōwhiriwhiri — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Polish: wentylować — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Polish: dmuchać — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Portuguese: ventilar — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Romanian: vântura — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Russian: обдува́ть (obduvátʹ) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Russian: овева́ть (ovevátʹ) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Spanish: ventilar — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Sylheti: ꠚꠣꠟꠣ (fála) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Tagalog: magbentilador — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Tamil: அடி (aṭi) — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Vietnamese: quạt — to blow air on by means of an electric fan
  • Danish: vifte — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Dutch: waaieren — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Esperanto: ventumi — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • French: éventer — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Galician: abanar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Galician: abanicar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • German: fächeln — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Hungarian: legyez — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Indonesian: mengipasi — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Ingrian: löyhyttää — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Interlingua: flabellar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Latin: flābellō — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠰᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fushembi) — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Māori: tāwhiri — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Norwegian: vifte — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Polish: wachlować — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: abanar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Portuguese: flabelar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Spanish: abanicar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Spanish: abanar — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Sundanese: ngahihidan — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Sundanese: ngageberkeun — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Swedish: fläkta — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Tagalog: magpaypay — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Tamil: வீசு (vīcu) — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Turkish: yelpazelemek — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلپازهلمك (yelpazelemek) — to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan
  • Finnish: taputtaa — to slap (a behind)
  • Finnish: läpsäyttää — to slap (a behind)
  • German: klopfen — to slap (a behind)
  • German: klapsen — to slap (a behind)
  • German: schlagen — to slap (a behind)
  • Tamil: அடி (aṭi) — to slap (a behind)
  • Danish: spredes i vifteform — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Dutch: uitwaaieren — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Finnish: levitä — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Finnish: hajota — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • French: disperser — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • German: fächern — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • German: auffächern — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • German: verteilen — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Interlingua: irradiar se — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Interlingua: propagar se — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Khmer: បក់ (bork) — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Māori: whera — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Polish: rozdmuchać — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Portuguese: espalhar-se — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Russian: рассредото́чиваться (rassredotóčivatʹsja) — move or spread in multiple directions from one point
  • Swedish: sprida sig — move or spread in multiple directions from one point