Phrase guide

hand fan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հովհար (hovhar) — hand-held device
  • Assamese: বিচনী (bisoni) — hand-held device
  • Belarusian: ве́ер (vjéjer) — hand-held device
  • Central Bikol: abaniko — hand-held device
  • Bulgarian: ветри́ло (vetrílo) — hand-held device
  • Catalan: ventall — hand-held device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扇子 (shànzi) — hand-held device
  • Chittagonian: বিচৈন (bisoin) — hand-held device
  • Chittagonian: বিচেইন (bisein) — hand-held device
  • Czech: vějíř — hand-held device
  • Finnish: viuhka — hand-held device
  • French: éventail — hand-held device
  • Gagauz: elpezä — hand-held device
  • Hungarian: legyező — hand-held device
  • Indonesian: kipas tangan — hand-held device
  • Japanese: 扇子 (sensu) — hand-held device
  • Japanese: うちわ (uchiwa) — hand-held device
  • Korean: 부채 (buchae) — hand-held device
  • Latin: flābellum — hand-held device
  • Latvian: vēdeklis — hand-held device
  • Macedonian: ладало (ladalo) — hand-held device
  • Macedonian: лепе́за (lepéza) — hand-held device
  • Malay: kipas tangan — hand-held device
  • Malayalam: വിശറി (viśaṟi) — hand-held device
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽷𐽳 (yélpigü, yiélpigü) — hand-held device
  • Polish: wachlarz — hand-held device
  • Portuguese: leque — hand-held device
  • Russian: ве́ер (véjer) — hand-held device
  • Slovak: vejár — hand-held device
  • Slovene: pahljača — hand-held device
  • Spanish: abanico — hand-held device
  • Spanish: pantalla — hand-held device
  • Swedish: solfjäder — hand-held device
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠌꠂꠘ (bisoin) — hand-held device
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠌꠥꠁꠘ (bisuin) — hand-held device
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠈꠣ (faxá) — hand-held device
  • Tagalog: pamaypay — hand-held device
  • Thai: พัด (pát) — hand-held device
  • Turkish: yelpaze — hand-held device
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلپازه (yelpaze) — hand-held device
  • Ukrainian: ві́яло (víjalo) — hand-held device
  • Ukrainian: вахля́р (vaxljár) — hand-held device
  • Vietnamese: quạt — hand-held device