fans
English
Pronunciation
Noun
fans
Verb
fans
- third-person singular simple present indicative of fan
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Catalan
Noun
fans
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fans
Usage notes
Contrary to English usage, fans is used even when there is only one fan, rather than fan. This is likely because the lack of plurals in the language.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
fans
French
Noun
fans m or f
Galician
Noun
fans
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
fans m or f
References
- ^ fan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of for (“speak, say”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fans/, [fä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fans/, [fäns]
Participle
fāns (genitive fantis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | 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
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
fans
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from fans, the English plural of fan, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk countable fan. Ultimately an English clipping of fanatic.
Noun
fans m (definite singular fansen, uncountable)
- (collective, colloquial) fans
- Spørst om fansen godtar det.
- Depends on whether the fans accept it.
- indefinite plural of fan
- Han har mange fans.
- He has many fans.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- fanst (current standard form)
Verb
fans
References
- “fans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
fans
Swedish
Noun
fans
- indefinite genitive singular of fan
- definite genitive singular of fan
- indefinite plural of fan
- indefinite genitive plural of fan
- definite plural of fan
- definite genitive plural of fan
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