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fans

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See also: FANS, Fans, fañs, fäns, and fåns

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fans

  1. plural of fan

Verb

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fans

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fan

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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fans

  1. plural of fan

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English fans.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fans

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) admirer(s); supporter(s) (Classifier: ; )

Usage notes

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Contrary to English usage, fans is used for both the singular and the plural, which are rarely distinguished in Chinese grammar.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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fans

  1. plural of fan

French

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Noun

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fans m or f

  1. plural of fan

Galician

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Noun

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fans

  1. plural of fan

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fans m or f

  1. plural of fan

References

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  1. ^ fan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of for (speak, say).

Pronunciation

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Participle

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fāns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. speaking, saying

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative fāns fantēs fantia
genitive fantis fantium
dative fantī fantibus
accusative fantem fāns fantēs
fantīs
fantia
ablative fante
fantī1
fantibus
vocative fāns fantēs fantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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fans

  1. (non-standard since 2015) simple past of finnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from fans, the English plural of fan, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk countable fan. Ultimately an English clipping of fanatic.

Noun

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fans m (definite singular fansen, uncountable)

  1. (collective, colloquial) fans
    Spørst om fansen godtar det.
    Depends on whether the fans accept it.
  2. indefinite plural of fan
    Han har mange fans.
    He has many fans.

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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  • fanst (current standard form)

Verb

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fans

  1. past tense of finnas (non-standard since 2012)

References

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfans/ [ˈfãns]
  • Rhymes: -ans
  • Syllabification: fans

Noun

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fans

  1. plural of fan

Swedish

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Noun

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fans

  1. indefinite genitive singular of fan
  2. definite genitive singular of fan
  3. indefinite plural of fan
  4. indefinite genitive plural of fan
  5. definite plural of fan
  6. definite genitive plural of fan

Anagrams

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