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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spæn/
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /span/
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• Australian: /spæːn/
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• New-Zealand: /spɛn/
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• Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spæn/
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As a Slovene surname, from župan (“head of a district”), from župa (“district”); compare Zupan. * As a German surname, variant of Spahn; also Spann. * As a Jewish surname from Span (“chip”) (probably through Yiddish).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der. Proto-Germanic *spannō Old English spann Middle English spanne English span From Middle English spanne, from Old English spann, from Proto-Germanic *spannō (“span, handbreadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Dutch span, spanne, German Spanne. The sense “pair of horses” is probably from Old English ġespan, ġespann (“a joining; a fastening together; clasp; yoke”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Dutch gespan, German Gespann.

From Middle English spannen, from Old English spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną (“to stretch, span”). Cognate with German spannen, Dutch spannen.

From Middle English span, from Old English spann, from Proto-Germanic *spann, first and third person singular preterit indicative of Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”).

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: карыш (karïš) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Southern Altai: сӧӧм (sööm) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Arabic: شِبْر (šibr) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Arabic: شبر (šbar) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Armenian: թիզ (tʻiz) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Bashkir: ҡарыш (qarış) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Bulgarian: педя (pedja) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Catalan: pam — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Czech: píď — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Danish: spand — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Faroese: sponn — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Finnish: vaaksa — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• French: empan — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Galician: palmo — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• German: Spanne — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Ancient Greek: σπιθαμή (spithamḗ) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Hebrew: זֶרֶת (zéret) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Hungarian: arasz — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Irish: réise — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Italian: spanna — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Kazakh: сүйем (süiem) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Central Kurdish: بست (bist) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Kyrgyz: карыш (karış) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Kyrgyz: сөөм (sööm) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Māori: whanga — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Persian: وجب (vajab) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Persian: بدست (badast) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Polish: piędź — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Portuguese: palmo — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Russian: пядь (pjadʹ) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Spanish: palmo — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Spanish: cuarta — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Swahili: shibiri — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Tagalog: damak — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Tagalog: sandamak — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Tamil: சாண் (cāṇ) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Telugu: జాన (jāna) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Tocharian B: raso — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Turkish: karış — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎉 (ủṭ) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Ukrainian: п'ядь (pʺjadʹ) — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Walloon: aspagne — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Welsh: sban — Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand
• Bulgarian: късо разстояние (kǎso razstojanie) — small space or a brief portion of time
• Bulgarian: кратко време (kratko vreme) — small space or a brief portion of time
• Catalan: període — small space or a brief portion of time
• Finnish: vaaksa — small space or a brief portion of time
• Finnish: hetki — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: kiterjedés — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: szakasz — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: köz — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: táv — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: időtartam — small space or a brief portion of time
• Hungarian: leforgás — small space or a brief portion of time
• Irish: seal — small space or a brief portion of time
• Italian: periodo — small space or a brief portion of time
• Italian: lasso di tempo — small space or a brief portion of time
• Portuguese: período — small space or a brief portion of time
• Russian: пери́од (períod) — small space or a brief portion of time
• Tamil: இடைவெளி (iṭaiveḷi) — small space or a brief portion of time
• Ukrainian: пері́од (períod) — small space or a brief portion of time
• Azerbaijani: aşırım — spread between supports
• Bulgarian: просвет (prosvet) — spread between supports
• Czech: rozpětí — spread between supports
• Czech: rozpon — spread between supports
• Finnish: jänneväli — spread between supports
• Hungarian: fesztáv — spread between supports
• Hungarian: ívnyílás — spread between supports
• Italian: luce — spread between supports
• Italian: campata — spread between supports
• Italian: portata — spread between supports
• Māori: tāwhana — spread between supports
• Norwegian Bokmål: spennvidde — spread between supports
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spennvidd — spread between supports
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spennvidde — spread between supports
• Polish: przęsło — spread between supports
• Portuguese: vão — spread between supports
• Russian: пролёт (proljót) — spread between supports
• Spanish: luz — spread between supports
• Swedish: spann — spread between supports
• Ukrainian: перекриття́ (perekryttjá) — spread between supports
• Finnish: jänneväli — length between supports
• Hungarian: szárnytávolság — length between supports
• Hungarian: fesztávolság — length between supports
• Māori: tāwhana — length between supports
• Russian: пролёт (proljót) — length between supports
• Swedish: spann — length between supports
• Ukrainian: перекриття́ (perekryttjá) — length between supports
• Bulgarian: впряг (vprjag) — pair of horses or other animals
• Dutch: span — pair of horses or other animals
• Finnish: parivaljakko — pair of horses or other animals
• Hungarian: fogat — pair of horses or other animals
• Hungarian: pár — pair of horses or other animals
• Swedish: spann — pair of horses or other animals
• Finnish: viritelmä — mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something
• Portuguese: espaço gerado — mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something
• Russian: линейная оболочка (linejnaja oboločka) — mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something
• Swedish: spann — mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something
• Azerbaijani: uzanmaq — to extend through the distance between or across
• Bulgarian: обхващам (obhvaštam) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Finnish: kulkea — to extend through the distance between or across
• French: couvrir — to extend through the distance between or across
• French: chevaucher — to extend through the distance between or across
• German: überspannen — to extend through the distance between or across
• German: einnehmen — to extend through the distance between or across
• Hungarian: átível — to extend through the distance between or across
• Hungarian: áthidal — to extend through the distance between or across
• Italian: coprire — to extend through the distance between or across
• Japanese: 跨ぐ (matagu) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Lithuanian: apim̃ti — to extend through the distance between or across
• Māori: tūhāngai — to extend through the distance between or across
• Māori: tīpae — to extend through the distance between or across
• Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Portuguese: abranger — to extend through the distance between or across
• Russian: раскидываться (raskidyvatʹsja) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Russian: растягиваться (rastjagivatʹsja) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Slovak: preklenúť — to extend through the distance between or across
• Spanish: extenderse sobre — to extend through the distance between or across
• Spanish: abarcar — to extend through the distance between or across
• Spanish: abracar — to extend through the distance between or across
• Swedish: spänna över — to extend through the distance between or across
• Swedish: sträcka sig över — to extend through the distance between or across
• Tamil: நீள் (nīḷ) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Tamil: நீடு (nīṭu) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Ukrainian: охо́плювати (oxópljuvaty) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Ukrainian: охопи́ти (oxopýty) — to extend through the distance between or across
• Spanish: extenderse — to cover or extend over an area or distance
• Spanish: extenderse por (todo) — to cover or extend over an area or distance
• Spanish: extenderse a lo largo de — to cover or extend over an area or distance
• Spanish: abarcar — to cover or extend over an area or distance
• Spanish: abracar — to cover or extend over an area or distance
• Bulgarian: обхващам (obhvaštam) — to extend through a period of time
• Finnish: kattaa — to extend through a period of time
• French: couvrir — to extend through a period of time
• French: s'étendre — to extend through a period of time
• Hungarian: felölel — to extend through a period of time
• Polish: obejmować — to extend through a period of time
• Polish: mieć zasięg — to extend through a period of time
• Polish: rozciągać się — to extend through a period of time
• Portuguese: abranger — to extend through a period of time
• Spanish: abarcar — to extend through a period of time
• Spanish: abracar — to extend through a period of time
• Spanish: extenderse (durante) — to extend through a period of time
• Spanish: extenderse (a lo largo de) — to extend through a period of time
• Swedish: spänna över — to extend through a period of time
• Swedish: sträcka sig över — to extend through a period of time
• Ukrainian: охо́плювати (oxópljuvaty) — to extend through a period of time
• Ukrainian: охопи́ти (oxopýty) — to extend through a period of time
• Turkish: karışlamak — to measure by the span of the hand
• Ottoman Turkish: قارشلامق (karışlamak) — to measure by the span of the hand
• German: aufspannen — mathematics: to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations
• Swedish: spänna upp — mathematics: to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations